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April 14, 2009

From the Rubble: The Post-Crisis Order

The global economic crisis is forcing governments to balance the need for coordinated action with national interests. The resulting tension between cooperation and competition will determine the contours of the global order that emerges in the aftermath. WPR examines The Post-Crisis Order.

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The Coming Order: Strategic and Geopolitical Impacts of the Economic Crisis

By Thomas Renard 14 Apr 2009 | World Politics Review

The current financial crisis is likely to further reshuffle the deck in the competition for global power. Just what that new order will look like is difficult to foresee. But a closer look at the impact of the crisis on military, economic and other less tangible forms of power can offer some ideas about the possible range of strategic and geopolitical outcomes.

A Crowded Field: The Financial Crisis and Global Governance

By Daniel McDowell 14 Apr 2009 | World Politics Review

Amid the most severe crisis the world economy has seen in nearly a century, the International Monetary Fund finds itself between danger and opportunity: Danger lurks in emergent alternatives to the fund; opportunity lies in reform. Despite its renewed relevance, it is far from certain that the fund will continue to fulfill its role unchallenged.