by Radhika Desai Observers have been collectively scratching their heads at the unfolding Trump presidency. Trump’s campaign braggadocio opposed the establishment of both parties and pointedly continued into his inauguration. However, his anti-establishmentarianism has since been thrown into question as a ‘shock and awe’ scale flurry of confusing executive orders and announcements rocks the US …
The Geopolitical Economy Research Group wishes to thank all the volunteers who helped organize the very successful inaugural GERG conference that took place in Winnipeg in September. The volunteers recently gathered for a party and received certificates for their hard work and creativity. They helped organize the conference and register delegates, took photos and videos, …
GERG Director, Radhika Desai’s, reflections on the emergence of multipolarity in the wake of the November 13 Paris attacks and the ongoing breakdown in Syria. This op-ed was published by the Valdai Discussion Club. To read the full text, CLICK HERE.
Featured in the October 2015 edition of Rethinking Marxism (vol. 27 ed. 4) is a book symposium on ‘Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization, and Empire”. The symposium editor is Serap Kayatekin. For more information, Click Here. Featured Articles: Capitalism: Multipolarity and Disintegration Richard D. Wolff Value and Method in Desai’s Geopolitical Economy David Kristjanson-Gural …
To download click here Call for Papers for One or more Panels on “Small States in a Multi-polar World” Organised by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group At the Society for Socialist Studies Conference May 31-June 3 2016 at the University of Calgary Calgary, Canada We are living in an increasingly multi-polar world in which …
The Geopolitical Economy Research Group (GERG) held an international multi-disciplinary conference on ‘From the Thirty Years’ Crisis to Multipolarity: the Geopolitical Economy of the 21st Century World’ at the University of Manitoba from September 25 to 27, 2015. The conference included 138 presenters from over 30 countries. See the Photos
This work advances geopolitical economy as a new approach to understanding the evolution of the capitalist world order and its 21st century form of multipolarity. Neither can be explained by recently dominant approaches such as U.S. hegemony or globalization: they treat the world economy as a seamless whole in which either no state matters or only one does. Geopolitical economy, …
Boris Kagarlitksy PhD is a Marxist and sociologist who lives and works in Moscow. He is the director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements and is the author of many books on the world system of globalized capitalism and the history and contemporary politics of Russia and the Soviet Union. Dr. Kagarlitsky will …
As our contribution to Culture Days Manitoba, guests are welcome at any of five keynote lectures at the GERG Inaugural Conference on what history can tell us about the multipolar 21st Century world. The lectures, at St John’s College, University of Manitoba, are open to the public. Attendance for a whole day (which includes lunch …
The Geopolitical Economy Research Group (GERG) will hold an international multi-disciplinary conference on ‘From the Thirty Years’ Crisis to Multipolarity: the Geopolitical Economy of the 21st Century World’ at the University of Manitoba from September 25 to 27, 2015. With 138 presenters from over 30 countries, preparations for our conference are well under way, and …