Vol 11, Issue 3, May 2020

The May 2020 issue of Global Policy has a special section on 'Enhancing Europe's Global Power' edited by Helmut Anheier, Christoph Abels, Iain Begg and Kevin Featherstone. Among other topics, the issue's research articles focus on the human extinction, the UN and urbanization, a global citizens' assembly, terrorism and China's role in development financing. There are also policy insights on a global biodiversity framework, trade, fiscal stability and investments.

Research Articles

Defence in Depth Against Human Extinction: Prevention, Response, Resilience, and Why They All Matter - Owen Cotton‐Barratt, Max Daniel and Anders Sandberg

Global Crisis Leadership for Disease‐Induced Threats: One Health and Urbanisation - John Connolly

Acknowledging Urbanization: A Survey of the Role of Cities in UN Frameworks - Anna Kosovac, Michele Acuto and Terry Louise Jones

Towards Global Cooperation: The Case for a Deliberative Global Citizens' Assembly - Michael Vlerick

Violence, Power and Meaning: The Moral Logic of Terrorism - Nicolas Johnston and Srinjoy Bose

China's Role in Global Development Finance: China Challenge or Business as Usual? - Salvatore Babones, John H.S. Åberg and Obert Hodzi

Fool’s Gold: Business Power and the Evolution of the Conflict‐free Gold Standard - Ainsley Elbra

Policy Insights

Shaping the Fate of Life on Earth: The Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Walter R. Erdelen

World Trading System under Stress: Scenarios for the Future - Mehmet Sait Akman, Shiro Armstrong, Uri Dadush, Anabel Gonzalez, Fukunari Kimura, Junji Nakagawa, Peter Rashish, Akihiko Tamura and Carlos A. Primo Braga

The Case for Regional Cooperation in Trade and Investment Finance for Asia - Arup Chatterjee, Arjun Goswami, Jules Hugot and Marianne Vital

Trade Liberalization and Fiscal Stability in Developing Countries: What Does the Evidence Tell Us? - Devika Dutt, Kevin P. Gallagher and Rachel D. Thrasher

Special Section: Enhancing Europe's Global Power (Part II)

The Potential of Europe’s Sharp and Soft Power - Thomas Biersteker

Enhancing European Power - Terry McCarthy

Power versus Leadership? - Ann Fitz‐Gerald and Andrew S. Thompson

Enhancing Europe’s Power: A Rejoinder - Christoph M. Abels, Helmut K. Anheier, Iain Begg and Kevin Featherstone

Practitioner Commentary

Jurisdictional Competition in the International Financial System - Edward Price

Review Essay

Shrouded in Secrecy: International Relations according to Carson, Berman and Lake - Jonas Ecke