Cigi imprint: 21 books
Off Balance
The Travails of Institutions That Govern the Global Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Award-winning journalist and author Paul Blustein has received wide acclaim for his books about the inner workings of international economic institutions, notably the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization. In Off Balance, he weaves a compelling narrative that details the failings of...
Crisis and Reform
Canada and the International Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The financial crisis that erupted in 2008 severely affected the global economy, plunging most countries into a recession with aftershocks still being felt today. Canada was able to weather the crisis well in comparison to many euro-zone countries and the United States, but it did not escape unscathed....
Global Financial Governance Confronts the Rising Powers
Emerging Perspectives on the New G20
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Global Financial Governance Confronts the Rising Powers addresses the challenge that the rising powers pose for global governance, substantively and institutionally, in the domain of financial and macroeconomic cooperation. It examines the issues that are before the G20 that are of particular concern...
Canada-Africa Relations
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
A wave of optimism has swept the African continent in the past decade. The pace and extent of social change in recent years, when measured in life expectancy, child and infant mortality rates, literacy, numeracy and the completion of higher education, is quite remarkable. The urban middle class is emerging...
Look Who's Watching, Revised Edition
Surveillance, Treachery and Trust Online
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
The Internet ecosystem is held together by a surprisingly intangible glue — trust. To meet its full potential, users need to trust that the Internet works reliably and efficiently when providing them with the information they are seeking, while also being secure, private and safe. When trust in...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Marking 150 years since Confederation provides an opportunity for Canadian international law practitioners and scholars to reflect on Canada’s rich history in international law and governance, where we find ourselves today in the community of nations, and how we might help shape a future in which...
Organized Chaos
Reimagining the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The Internet is constantly evolving, and has economic, political and social importance as a public good. A coherent strategy for Internet governance is needed to ensure that difficult tradeoffs between competing interests, as well as between distinct public values, are managed in a consistent, transparent...
Enter the Dragon
China in the International Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
China has experienced a remarkable transformation since the 1990s. It now boasts the second-largest — some would argue the largest — economy in the world, having evolved from a closed economy into the leading goods-trading nation. China’s economic rise has given it increasing prominence in international...
On Governance
What It Is, What It Means and Its Policy Uses
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Spreading good governance is a key goal of political leaders and reformers — whether it is to improve cities, nations, regimes or institutions — because better-governed people are more likely to avoid civil conflict and obtain significant social returns. But just what is meant by “governance”...
Laid Low
Inside the Crisis That Overwhelmed Europe and the IMF
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The latest book by journalist and author Paul Blustein to go behind the scenes at the highest levels of global economic policy making, Laid Low chronicles the International Monetary Fund’s role in the euro-zone crisis. Based on interviews with a wide range of participants and scrutiny of thousands...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
In recent decades, the conduct of international relations among and within states has been very considerably altered. Today, the content of these relations relies as much on international professional and civil society networks as it does on state-to-state transactions. The role of the Internet has...
Tug of War
Negotiating Security in Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Conflicts in Eurasia have been receiving significant attention in the last few years from political scientists and international relations scholars. The geographic area of Eurasia lies at the intersection of global and regional conflicts and coordination games. On the one hand, regional controversies...
Elusive Pursuits
Lessons From Canada’s Interventions Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Canada has been almost continuously involved in major international peace and security enforcement operations since the early 1990s, as part of multilateral efforts to stop wars, monitor peace, avert genocide, promote development or, occasionally, to topple dictators and even win wars. It has deployed...
Minding the Gap
African Conflict Management in a Time of Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The prevailing narrative on Africa is that it is awash with violent conflict. Indeed, it does suffer from a multitude of conflicts — from border skirmishes to civil wars to terrorist attacks. Conflicts in Africa are diverse and complex, but there have been a number of cases of successful conflict management...
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