IMF Weekend Read

 

Dear MARIA,   In today's edition, we highlight: Geoeconomics F&D MAGAZINE The Return of Economic Statecraft Geoeconomics is reshaping global power, from trade and finance to security and technology. Read more in the new issue of F&D.   The end of the Cold War promised a more peaceful age of international relations, as most nations professed to follow agreed rules in a positive-sum game designed to benefit all. But today that vision is under threat: Governments increasingly turn to tariffs, sanctions, and export controls to advance national security goals. This Finance & Development’s latest issue explores the economic tools nations are using to shape the new global power dynamic. Read the editor’s letter   Check out our cover stories:   Understanding Geoeconomics | How new economics tools explain global power dynamics | Christopher Clayton, Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger    Geoeconomics, Rediscovered | Around the world, the line between economic policy and national security is disappearing | Josh Lipsky    Trade Cooperation in an Age of Geopolitics | Geopolitical rivalry does not end the need for trade cooperation, but the multilateral system must adapt | Aaditya Mattoo, Michele Ruta and Robert W. Staiger    Also in the magazine:   Keynes for Our Times | Keynes’s moral philosophy and embrace of uncertainty can guide economics, finance, and AI‑driven markets today | Robert Skidelsky   In a Straight Talk article, US trade representative Jamieson Greer argues that economic theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalization   Subscribe for free here to receive a copy of the magazine every three months for a new issue filled with brewing economic and financial policy debates and analysis. Read the magazine GEOECONOMICS Geoeconomics is Back As global powers face rising geopolitical tensions, sanctions, export controls, and tariffs are once again tools of leverage, marking the resurgence of geoeconomics, where economic policy and national security converge.   This approach to business—linking economic policy with national security objectives—was largely abandoned by the West after the Cold War, though for most other countries, geopolitics and economics have always been closely aligned.    Josh Lipsky is the founding director of the GeoEconomics Center at the Atlantic Council, and Matteo Maggiori is a professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this podcast, they discuss the new face of geoeconomics and its comeback. Listen to the podcast Thank you very much for your interest in the Weekend Read! Be sure to let us know what issues and trends we should have on our radar.  Jacqueline Deslauriers Editor | IMF Weekend Read  jdeslauriers@imf.org Stay connected with the International Monetary Fund:       This email was sent to politikimx@gmail.com on behalf of: International Monetary Fund 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC · 20431