The May 2025 issue of Global Policy includes research articles on, among others, China's investment in the EU, paradiplomacy, side payments in world politics and global labour governance. There are policy analyses on Iran and Israel, the Belt and Road Initiative, Safe and Healthy Digital Environments for Children, and Systems Thinking. There is a review essay on power narratives in modern warfare.
Research Article
China's Outward FDI in the European Union: How Much Geopolitics is in There? - Agnieszka Gehringer
American Public Opinion on US Responses to Russia's Nuclear Threats in Ukraine - Kaitlin Peach, Andrew Fox, Kuhika Gupta, Joseph Ripberger, Cheyenne Black, Tristan Winkle and Hank Jenkins-Smith
Classical Realism, Practices, and Paradiplomacy: The International Activities of Canadian Provinces - Grant Dawson
Side Payments in World Politics: Theory and Practice - Ethan B. Kapstein
Global Labour Governance by Numbers: A Comparison of the ILO and OECD - Vicente Silva, Huw Thomas and John Berten
Protecting Access to Medicines After Cambodia Graduates From Least Developed Country Status: A Policy Analysis - Brigitte Tenni, Joel Lexchin, Phin Sovath, Belinda Townsend and Deborah Gleeson
Policy Analysis
Collision Course: How Iran and Israel Brought the Middle East to the Brink of War - Rob Geist Pinfold, Clive Jones and Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Forward Defence, Hamas-Hezbollah War With Israel and Iran's Path to Nuclear Bombs - Mohammad Eslami and Christian Kaunert
Servicing Development: Productive Upgrading of Labor-Absorbing Services in Developing Economies - Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu
The Global Seigniorage Duopoly - Francisco Rodríguez
Monetary Sovereignty and Central Bank Digital Currencies: Competing Models for Future Cross-Border Payment Platforms - Yanyang Chu and Nina Srinivasan Rathbun
Can China Destabilize US Government Debt? The Biggest Threat Comes from within - Judith Arnal
The Discordant ‘Debt Trap’ and ‘Secrecy’ Narratives on the Belt and Road Initiative - Pompeo Della Posta
The Future of China-Gulf Solar and Wind Supply Chains - Li-Chen Sim and Steven Griffiths
Metatechnological Mapping and the Ye Wenjie Effect: Mitigating Civilizational Vulnerabilities - Milan M. Ćirković
Internet Shutdowns, Sovereignty, and the Postcolonial State in Africa - Nicole Stremlau
Mapping Policies and Regulations for Safe and Healthy Digital Environments for Children and Adolescents - Sofia Castro Lopes, Louise Holly and Ilona Kickbusch
Public Policies to Restrict Food Marketing to Children in Latin America: Progress and Challenges - Florence L. Théodore, Regina Durán, Lizbeth Tolentino Mayo, Alondra Coral Aragón-Gama, Vania Lara Mejía, Priscila Moreno, Paulina Barquín, Paola Villaverde, Fiorella Espinosa de Candido, Maria Isabel Ferre Eguiluz and Simón Barquera
Reflections on Applying Systems Thinking to Stakeholder Mapping: The STOA Unit at the European Parliament - Valentina Amuso and Lieve Van Woensel
Should Eminence Outweigh Evidence? The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board's Report on Pandemic Preparedness - David Bell, Garrett Wallace Brown, Blagovesta Tacheva and Jean von Agris
Review Essay
“Invisible Bullets”: The Power of Narratives in Modern Warfare - Aleksandr Zarnadze
Correction
Correction to “The Dynamics of Governance and Sustainable Development Goals in the Global South”
