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In this note we consider the preferences of a profit maximizing firm for international ownership in a world in which firms compete in an international Cournot oligopoly, and in which countries use strategic trade policy. We find that firms prefer national ownership and show that full indigenisation occurs in the equilibrium. ; Die internationalen Beteiligungsverhältnisse eines Unternehmens bestimmen die internationale Verteilung der Profite des Unternehmens. Die Beteiligungsverhältnisse beeinflussen deshalb die Anreize für nationale Subventionspolitik im Rahmen strategischer Außenhandelspolitik. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird untersucht, welche internationalen Beteiligungsverhältnisse ein gewinnmaximierendes Unternehmen bevorzugen würde, könnte es die internationale Zusammensetzung seiner Eigner wählen. Es wird gezeigt, dass in einem internationalen Cournot-Oligopol ein Gleichgewicht der Beteiligungsverhältnisse existiert, in dem jedes Unternehmen nur Personen als Eigner hat, die in dem gleichen Land ansässig sind, in dem sich der Sitz des betreffenden Unternehmens befindet. Das Ergebnis leistet einen Beitrag zur Erklärung des empirisch wohlbekannten Sachverhalts, wonach die internationale Portfoliodiversifikation von Investoren weitaus geringer ist, als es einer optimalen Risikostreuung entsprechen würde.

During the late 1970s and 1980s, the Chinese and Thais forged a close, friendly relationship based on their security cooperation in an informal alliance against Vietnamese regional hegemonism. In the 1990s, after the end of the Cambodian conflict and the Vietnamese threat, the Sino-Thai cooperative friendship became deeper and broader, rather than dissipating. How are we to explain the closeness of Sino-Thai relations today? While the dynamics of the international political structure in East Asia have played a critical role in shaping the relationship between these two countries since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the emerging regional international structure - particularly the rise of China - provides indeterminate incentives. Thailand could balance against or bandwagon with rising China, or try to hedge its bets; nor does the emerging structure direct how the Chinese will wield their growing influence and power over their neighbors. This article argues that the best explanation rests in a combination of the structural argument (the rise of China) with the desire of both countries to maintain the mutually beneficial partnership they constructed during the 1980s, in particular Thailand's role as a link or facilitator between the PRC and ASEAN. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

For many years now debates over America hegemony and its supposed decline have circulated academic circles. The neo-Gramscians have greatly enriched our knowledge in this field, developing some key theoretical tools and concepts, yet ontological inconsistencies, notably the downgrading of structure, has meant their explanation of the dynamics of the contemporary world order remains somewhat incomplete. In this book, Jonathan Pass aims to counter such oversights, drawing directly on the ideas of Antonio Gramsci (amongst others) to elaborate a more sophisticated, overtly materialist, theory of world hegemony, rooted in a critical realist philosophy of science. Through the lens of this Neo neo-Gramscian (NNG) approach the book examines the complex interplay of internal and external social forces responsible for the evolving 'nature' of US hegemony, from its establishment in the 1940s, passing through its different stages of crisis and restructuring up to the present. China's spectacular rise undoubtedly constitutes a 'world event', but is it potentially a 'world hegemon'? The book seeks to sheds some light on this question, analysing the economic and geopolitical significance of China's emergence and how it affects, and is affected by, both American hegemony and its own extremely delicate 'passive revolution' at home. American Hegemony in the 21st Century presents a major contribution to International Relations, International, Political Economy, Politics and Philosophy and will be of interest to researchers looking for a more sophisticated and convincing analysis of the dynamics of the contemporary world order.

Examines perceived risk of foreign investment in oil and gas companies due to ethnic conflict, disagreements over most cost-effective pipeline routes, and disputes over legal status of the Caspian.

This memoir of a US diplomat attempts to capture the humor and sheer incongruity of working across cultures in an international career spanning diplomacy and education. Written in a light hearted tone, it also delves into tragic consequences in countries such as Somalia, Libya and Greece.

A collection of essays by international historians which explore British diplomatic policy in the decade following the end of World War II. Topics include propaganda, atomic policy, Imperial problems, European unity and Britain's response to political crises in the Middle East and Far East

Jan Oster prägt den Begriff des »Kommunikationsdeliktsrechts« als Teilgebiet des Informations- und Kommunikationsrechts. Ausgehend von den drei Rechtsordnungen Deutschland, England und Wales sowie dem Bundesrecht der USA entwickelt er Theorie und Dogmatik eines transnationalen Kommunikationsdeliktsrechts. Am Beispiel des privatrechtlichen Ehrschutzes arbeitet er Möglichkeiten und Grenzen internationaler Vereinheitlichungstendenzen heraus. Wo es an Rechtsvereinheitlichung fehlt, kommt dem Internationalen Privatrecht entscheidende Bedeutung zu; der internationalen Zuständigkeit und dem anwendbaren Recht ist daher ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet. Schließlich untersucht der Autor die Haftung von Kommunikationsintermediären sowie den Datenschutz als neues Instrument des Kommunikationsdeliktsrechts.

"Covid-19 and the Global Political Economy investigates and explores how far and in what ways the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging, restructuring, and perhaps remaking aspects of the global political economy. Since the 1970s, neoliberal capitalism has been the guiding principle of global development: fiscal discipline, privatisations, deregulation, the liberalisation of trade and investment regimes, and lower corporate and wealth taxation. But, after Covid-19, will these trends continue, particularly when states are continuing to struggle with overcoming the pandemic and violating one of neoliberalism's key principles: balanced budgets? The pandemic has exposed the fragility of the global political economy, and it can be argued that the intensification of global trade, tourism, and finance over the past 30 years has facilitated the spread of infectious diseases such as Covid-19. Economies in lockdown, jittery markets, and massive government spending have therefore caused a re-evaluation. This volume brings together leading and upcoming critical scholars in international relations and international political economy to provide novel, timely, and innovative research on how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting (and will continue to impact) the global economy in important dimensions including state fiscal policy, monetary policy, the accumulation of debt, health and social reproduction, and the future of austerity and the fate of neoliberalism. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and experts in the fields of international relations and international political economy, as well as history, anthropology, political science, sociology, cultural studies, economics, development studies, and human geography"--

UN Global Compacts is a concise introduction to the key concepts, issues, and actors in global migration governance and presents a comprehensive analysis of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the Global Compact on Refugees, and the Global Compact for Migration. The book places the declaration and compacts within their historical context, traces the evolution of global migration governance, and evaluates the implementation of the compacts. Ultimately, the global compacts were the result of three wider shifts in global governance from hard to soft law, from rights to aid, and from Cold War politics to nationalism. The book is an important contribution to international relations and migration studies and provides essential information on the NY declaration and the global compacts, in addition to an examination of the: • Negotiating blocs and strategies • Populist backlash to the Global Compact for Migration • Responsibility sharing for refugee protection • Human rights of migrants • Principle of non-refoulement • Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework • UNHCR, IOM, and the UN Network on Migration.