International Political Economy 2104-GPIR-D2IPE

Plan of the course

I. Introduction :course description and organization, International Political Economy /IPE/ as subfield of IR, genealogy of IPE.

II. Subject Matter of IPE
Literature:
1. R. Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relation, Princeton 1987, p. 8-25.
2. S. Strange, States and Markets, Pinter 1996, p. 1 – 7, 12-22, 23-24.
3. J. Grieco, J. Ikenberry, State Power and World Markets, W. Norton, 2003, p. 92-124.
III. Teaching IPE
Literature:
1. Jean Christopher Graz, Globalize IPE ,not just the syllabi. Virtual classrooms interactions and the making of the Atlantic Diagonals Glossary, Review of International Political Economy/RIPE/, 2024,31/4/.
2. J. Odell, Case Study Methods in International Political Economy, International Studies Perspectives 2001, no. 2,

IV. Theories of IPE.
Literature:
1. J. Dicicco, J. Levy, Power Shifts and Problem Shifts: The Evolution of the Power Transition Research Program, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1999, no. 6, p. 675 – 704.
2. R. Gilpin, The Theory of Hegemonic War, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1988, no. 4, p. 591 – 613.
3. Ch. Kindleberger, Dominance and Leadership in International Economy, : Exploitation. Public Goods .and Free Rides, International Studies Quarterly, 1981, 25/1/.

V .Structural change in the Global Political Economy.
Literature:
1. J. Bair, Entangled chain of global value and wealth, RIPE,2023, 30/6/
2. M. Dallas, Power in global values chains, RIPE, 2019 26/4/.
3. Trisia Wijaja, Militarized neoliberalism and the reconstructions of the Global Political Economy, New Political Economy, 2024, 29/4/,

VI. The Concept of Economic Power in the Global Political Economy.
Literature:
1.H.Sonmez Atesoglu, Economic Power and International Security, Insight
Turkey, 2019,21/3/,p.68-90.
2. J. Ding, The Logic of strategic assets :From oil to IA, Security Studies, online, June 2021.
VII. Economic Power Shift in the Global Political Economy
Literature:
. 1 M.Cox, Power Shift. Economic change and the decline of the West?
.International Relations, 2012,26.
2..S. Benzell and others, The Future of Global Economic Power, National
Bureau of Economic Research, Washington 2023,www.nber.org
3.. S. Lavery, Rebuilding the fortress? Europe in a changing World Economy,
RIPE,2024,31/1/

VIII.US Hegemony in Global Political Economy
Literature:
1.M. Webb, S. Krasner, Hegemonic Stability Theory: An Empirical
Assessment, Review of International Studies, 1989, no. 15, p. 183 – 198.
2.W. Winecoff, „The Persistent myth of lost Hegemony” revisited: structural
power as a complex network phenomenon, European Journal of
International Relations, 2020, 26, p.209-252.
3.M. Mastanduno, System Maker or Privilege Taker: US Power and the
International Political Economy World Politics, 2009, 61, no. 1, p. 121-154.
4.Wang Yong, L. Pauly, Chinese IPE Debates on American Hegemony, RIPE,
2013, 6, p. 1165-1188.

IX .China as an Economic Power
Literature:
1. Li M. China,s economic power in Asia: The Belt and Road Initiative and the local Guanxi government role, Asian Perspective, 2019,43.
2.J. Ding, The Diffusion in deficit in scientific and technological power:
reassessing China,s Rise, RIPE, 2024 ,31/1/.
3.Yong Wook Lee, Kyuteg Lim, Renmimbi Internationalization and the
research agenda for currency network Expansion, RIPE, 2025,32/1
4.Nana de Graaf, China’s rise in a Liberal world order transition, RIPE,
2020,
X. Geo-economics Paradigm in Global Political Economy.
Literature:
1. E. Luttwak, From Geopolitics to Geo-economics, The National Interest, 1990, 20, p. 17-12.
2.R.Blackwill, J. Harris, War by Other Means .Geo-economics and
Statecraft, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge
2016, s.19-93.
XI. Economic Statecraft.
Literature:
1. L. Weiss, E. Thurbon ,Developmental State or Economic Statecraft?
Where, Why and How the Difference Matters. New Political
Economy,2021,26/3/,p.472-489
2. S. Chen, M. Evers, “Wars without Gun Smoke” Global Supply Chains, Power Transitions, and Economic Statecraft, International Security, 2023,48/2/.
XII.US -China Geo-economics Competition
Literature:
1. Wang Yong, L. Pauly, Chinese IPE Debates on American Hegemony, RIPE,
2013, 6, p. 1165-1188.
3. S. Schindler, The Second Cold War: US-China Competition for Centrality in Infrastructure ,Digital production and Finance Network, Geopolitics, online,7 sept. 2023
XIII. Economic Liberalism versus Nationalism.
Literature:
1.. Harlem, A Reappraisal of Classical Economic Nationalism and Economic
Liberalism, International Studies Quarterly, 1999, 43, p. 733-744.
2.E. Helleiner, Economic Nationalism as a Challenge to Economic
Liberalism, International Studies Quarterly, 2002, 3, p. 307-329.

XIV. Inequality in Global Political Economy.
Literature:
1.L.Lockwood, The International Political Economy of Global inequality, RIPE,
2021, no. 2,p. 421-445.
2.Denborah Barros, Leal Farrias, Unpacking the Developing country
classification: origins and hierarchies, RIPE, 2024, 31/2/.
XV. Exam