The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer +1 more
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Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Quest for Sustainability: Insights from Norway and New Zealand
Nordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2011 An impressive trend in global financial markets is the growth of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), some of which purport to invest ethically by considering the social and environmental impact of their financing.
Benjamin J. Richardson
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"What Does Norway Get Out Of Its Oil Fund, if Not More Strategic Infrastructure Investment?" [PDF]
For the past generation Norway has supplied Europe and other regions with oil, taking payment in euros or dollars. It then sends nearly all this foreign exchange abroad, sequestering its oil-export receipts—which are in foreign currency—in the "oil fund,"
Michael Hudson
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Export Credit Agencies and the Privilege of Wealth in Global Value Chain Participation
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public export credit agencies (ECAs) facilitate global trade by offering insurance to protect against the risk of non‐payment, provided minimum local content was produced. With the rise of global value chains (GVCs), exports often contain limited national content, and some ECAs argue that ‘national interest’ is more important.
Michael Creighton +3 more
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Iran's humanitarian crisis: war, legality, and the erosion of population health. [PDF]
Lancet Reg Health EurBlanchet K +3 more
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IMPLEMENTATION FEATURES OF THE RUSSIAN VECTOR OF NORWEGIAN FOREIGN POLICY
Scientific Journal "Regional Studies", 2021 openaire +1 more source
“Large” vs. “small” players: A closer look at the dynamics of speculative attacks [PDF]
What is the role of “large players” like hedge funds and other highly leveraged institutions in speculative attacks? In recent theoretical work, large players may induce an attack by an early move, providing information to smaller agents.
Dagfinn Rime +3 more
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The Weaponization of ESG Infrastructures and the Future of Green Finance
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trillion‐dollar green finance industry faces growing pushbacks from a range of actors. While criticisms vary—from portraying ESG as part of a “woke” agenda to highlighting risks of greenwashing—we now see mass departures from climate–finance initiatives, with asset managers coming under fire from regulators over ESG policies and activist ...
Annika Stenström
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Non-linear dynamics in output, real exchange rates and real money balances: Norway, 1830-2003 [PDF]
We characterise the behaviour of Norwegian output, the real exchange rate and real money balances over a period of almost two centuries. The empirical analysis is based on a new annual data set that has recently been compiled and covers the period 1830 ...
Lucio Sarno +2 more
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