Scholarship on the politics of secrecy in international relations and foreign policy has
experienced tremendous growth in recent years. This article begins by providing an …

As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

Firms and governments operate in broad networks in which the home government and its
diplomatic service are a critical node–or a “referral point”–between firms and potential …

This study uses discontinuities in US strategies employed during the Vietnam War to
estimate their causal impacts. It identifies the effects of bombing by exploiting rounding …

This paper explores the interrelation between the geopolitical situation in Russia and the
international gold market and further investigates whether Russian geopolitics can stimulate …

Trades of money for political influence persist at every level of government. Not surprisingly,
governments themselves trade money for political support on the international stage …

Expropriation risk has a binding effect on foreign direct investment (FDI). However, state-
owned multinational corporations may counter the monopoly power of the host state by …

We draw on established theoretical works in international political economy to compare the
empirical effect of threatened and imposed economic sanctions on international trade. To …

Economic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it
has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world—the" market turn." …

Is political compliance a precondition for healthy trade relations with China? The Chinese
government frequently threatens that meetings between its trading partners' officials and the …