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What Makes a Market Economy?
- Analysis
- May 11, 2019
By Alice Chessé What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the dispute over China’s non-market economy status at the World Trade Organization (WTO). When China joined
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China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order
- Analysis
- May 11, 2019
By Johannes Petry In 1989, capital markets did not exist in China. Fast forward to 2018, China’s capital markets have become the second largest equity markets, second largest futures markets, and third largest bond markets in the world. More companies have listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai than anywhere else in the world. And while
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Canadian Perspectives on Global Diplomacy, Part 1: The Lay of the Land
- Analysis
- May 6, 2019
This 2-part CIPS blog is based on my guest presentation at a seminar for graduating trainee diplomats at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), University of West Indies, Trinidad, on 20 March 2019. The session was led jointly with Professor Winston Dookeran, a former Trinidadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. See Part 2 here. My goal
READ MORECanadian Perspectives on Global Diplomacy, Part 2: Dealing with the USA
- Analysis
- May 6, 2019
This 2-part CIPS blog is based on my guest presentation at a seminar for graduating trainee diplomats at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), University of West Indies, Trinidad, on 20 March 2019. The session was led jointly with Professor Winston Dookeran, a former Trinidadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. See Part 1 here. Once again,
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