Call for Papers

The period we are living is characterized by rare events that we have not experienced since the Cold War. The return of war to Europe, the diplomatic stalemate, the formation of blocs, the nuclear threats and the iron curtain that looms in the horizon bring back sad memories, with multiple consequences for both European and peripheral countries, but also for the rest of the world.

Short-run macroeconomics reveals an inflationary trend of economic and monetary origin that has gradually turned into a very high inflation associated with the energy shock, both in terms of prices, but mostly due to supply side disruptions. This event reminds us of the economic and geopolitical debates of the 1970s, which marked the end of the famous 30 glorious years.

At the structural level, three major "existential issues" are at stake. The first two are the climate shock and growing social inequalities associated with multi-dimensional poverty, features that are manifesting themselves at the global level. The third is the rapid ageing of the population, which affects mostly developed countries, but also certain emerging countries such as China and Russia. The migratory flows observed are fed by these challenges that need to be analysed in depth.

  • Are we at the end of an era?
  • Is a new "economic policy paradigm" urgently needed in a hyper-globalised world?
    • Is change desired by civil society, business and politicians?
    • Would this structural break have profound consequences for economic thinking?
    • Is this the end of liberalism and a return to Keynesianism?
    • Is this the end of globalisation and a return to protectionism?
    • Is this the end of openness and the return to populism and nationalism?

Topics

The meeting will include contributions from specialists in different disciplines affiliated to the various institutions working closely with CEMAFI International and its members, while remaining open to new participants.

The subjects covered are the following:

History, Political Science and International Law

  • Is this the end of pacifism and the rise of wariness?
  • The rise of populism in Western democracies.
  • The threat of totalitarianism in the Third World.
  • The evolution of migratory flows under a variable geometry demography (South-South, North-North and South-North).
  • The balance of power between States and the UN Charter.

Economics and business

  • The evolution of monetary and fiscal policies.
  • The industrial economy and global value chains.
  • The causes and consequences of rising inflation and interest rates on financial stability and wealth distribution in the Southern and Northern countries.
  • The international monetary system and its probable changes.
  • The strategies of firms in developed and developing countries.

Social and environmental

  • The multiple vulnerabilities of decline, inequality, poverty and the evolution of social democracy.
  • The determinants of migration flows and their evolution in the world.
  • The limit of natural resources and the theory of diminishing returns.
  • The challenge of climate change and its multiple human, economic and financial consequences.
  • The evolution of socio-economic thinking towards sustainable development.

Geopolitics past and present

  • The parallel evolution of NATO and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation), the logic of confrontation or of cooperation, trade and currency.
  • What is the political and geopolitical future of the European Union under the great switch to the East?
  • Turkey’s geopolitics between East and West.
  • The rise of nationalism and the Balkans.
  • The Russia of yesterday, today and tomorrow.