This article interrogates the notion of state capitalism, exploring the contributions and limits
of the concept as a means of theorizing the more visible role of the state across the world …

Official discourses of Development are being redefined. If the key geopolitical contexts
shaping the post‐war Development project were decolonisation and the Cold War, the …

The 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression and many voices argued
that it would transform global financial governance. Analysts anticipated a" Bretton Woods …

The future of liberal internationalism will be influenced increasingly by the re-emergence of
China as a major power on the world stage and by the way the United States is reacting to …

Abstract Over 25 years ago, Susan Strange urged IR scholars to include multinational
corporations in their analysis. Within IR and IPE discussions, this was either mostly ignored …

This article analyses the phenomenon of rising powers from a historical materialist
perspective. It (1) elaborates the key concepts of historical structures of world order, state …

We may be witnessing the emergence of a new 'state capitalist'normal, a term this Forum
proposes to problematise in its geopolitical dimensions. The growing prevalence of state …

Cross-border state-led investment is a recently rising, but understudied phenomenon of the
global political economy. Existing research employs an anecdotal and case-oriented …

The recent polymorphism of state intervention and attendant political geographies have
been interpreted as a return of state capitalism. While commentators across the social …

The Covid-19 crisis has once again brought the role of the state in the capitalist economy to
the fore. Rather than viewing this as a 'return of the state', this article conceptualises the …