Review of International Political Economy
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Leading international journal dedicated to the systematic exploration of IPE from a plurality of perspectives.
Ownership infinity pools: finding control strategies in multinational enterprises, by David P. Castro & Leonard Seabrooke
Ownership infinity pools: finding control strategies in multinational enterprises
Understanding the role of the firm and the corporation is an ongoing concern for political economy scholars. Following the increasing influence of the Multinational Enterprise (MNEs) and its develo...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Ownership infinity pools: finding control strategies in multinational enterprises, by David P. Castro & Leonard Seabrooke
RIPE Editorial Board welcomes Ali Bhagat (Simon Fraser University) as our third new editor, starting January 2026.In his work, @alibhagat.bsky.social bridges critical global political economy, economic geography, and public policy, with a focus on migration, development, race, labour, and sexuality.
February 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
RIPE Editorial Board welcomes Ali Bhagat (Simon Fraser University) as our third new editor, starting January 2026.In his work, @alibhagat.bsky.social bridges critical global political economy, economic geography, and public policy, with a focus on migration, development, race, labour, and sexuality.
Banking against sustainable finance: the effect of the European central bank on green bonds, by Julio Galindo-Gutiérrez
Banking against sustainable finance: the effect of the European central bank on green bonds
This paper highlights the unintended consequences of central bank practices on climate finance performance. By providing information on central banks’ willingness to buy individual bonds from inves...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Banking against sustainable finance: the effect of the European central bank on green bonds, by Julio Galindo-Gutiérrez
RIPE has a great new team! Allow us to introduce Ida Bastiaens (Fordham University), who joined RIPE as an editor on January 1, 2026. Ida's research examines the politics of economic integration and public preferences for it—alongside its consequences for fiscal capacity and social welfare.
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
RIPE has a great new team! Allow us to introduce Ida Bastiaens (Fordham University), who joined RIPE as an editor on January 1, 2026. Ida's research examines the politics of economic integration and public preferences for it—alongside its consequences for fiscal capacity and social welfare.
RIPE is delighted to welcome @mbabic.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam) as a new editor at RIPE from January 2026. His work explores the shift from neoliberal to post-neoliberal order—especially changing state/corporate power and how to decarbonise large state-owned firms. milanbabic.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
RIPE is delighted to welcome @mbabic.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam) as a new editor at RIPE from January 2026. His work explores the shift from neoliberal to post-neoliberal order—especially changing state/corporate power and how to decarbonise large state-owned firms. milanbabic.com
Financializing political rationality: social impact bonds and everyday financialization in the Australian welfare state, by Jacob Bloom
Financializing political rationality: social impact bonds and everyday financialization in the Australian welfare state
This article explores Australian social impact bonds (SIBs) as a case study of the everyday life of state financialization and considers their implications for the relationship between financializa...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Financializing political rationality: social impact bonds and everyday financialization in the Australian welfare state, by Jacob Bloom
Endogenizing the limits of ideas: a ‘how-to’ guide to understanding ignorance and failure in ideational political economy, by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
Endogenizing the limits of ideas: a ‘how-to’ guide to understanding ignorance and failure in ideational political economy
This commentary essay makes the case for a different way of conceptualizing the role of ideas in political economy by arguing for the need to endogenize the limits of ideas—recognizing the key role...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Endogenizing the limits of ideas: a ‘how-to’ guide to understanding ignorance and failure in ideational political economy, by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
From colonial economics to structural adjustment: race, neoliberal ideology, and pernicious financial inclusion, by Lars Cornelissen
From colonial economics to structural adjustment: race, neoliberal ideology, and pernicious financial inclusion
This paper brings together scholarship on the history of neoliberal thought with the emerging ‘raced finance’ research agenda. The paper makes a methodological and an empirical contribution. First,...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
From colonial economics to structural adjustment: race, neoliberal ideology, and pernicious financial inclusion, by Lars Cornelissen
Overlap and fragmentation in the global governance complex of sustainable finance, by Stefan Renckens & Christian Elliott
Overlap and fragmentation in the global governance complex of sustainable finance
Global governance initiatives addressing sustainable finance, whether for advancing climate risk disclosure or defining green bond standards, have proliferated for over 20 years. Emblematic of a la...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Overlap and fragmentation in the global governance complex of sustainable finance, by Stefan Renckens & Christian Elliott
RIPE enters 2026 with an editorial transition. Huge thanks to outgoing team @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social, @skostem.bsky.social, Kevin Young & Hongying Wang! In the next few days, we’ll introduce new editors: @johannespetry.bsky.social, @alibhagat.bsky.social, Ida Bastiaens & @mbabic.bsky.social.
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
RIPE enters 2026 with an editorial transition. Huge thanks to outgoing team @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social, @skostem.bsky.social, Kevin Young & Hongying Wang! In the next few days, we’ll introduce new editors: @johannespetry.bsky.social, @alibhagat.bsky.social, Ida Bastiaens & @mbabic.bsky.social.
We will have more data on our published articles and authors in the RIPE’s annual Diversity Report, which should be published in January.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We will have more data on our published articles and authors in the RIPE’s annual Diversity Report, which should be published in January.
RIPE acceptance rate in 2025 was half that from 2019/2020 (10.3 vs 24 percent). Most rejections are at the initial screening, with many manuscripts unfit for RIPE or AI generated. Our regular flow is not yet adversely affected. If the trend continues it will strain lead editors in particular.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
RIPE acceptance rate in 2025 was half that from 2019/2020 (10.3 vs 24 percent). Most rejections are at the initial screening, with many manuscripts unfit for RIPE or AI generated. Our regular flow is not yet adversely affected. If the trend continues it will strain lead editors in particular.
Partners and rivals? The AIIB’s cooperation with preexisting multilateral development banks, by Benjamin Daßler, Angelo Gerber-Helm & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social
Partners and rivals? The AIIB’s cooperation with preexisting multilateral development banks
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is often seen as a challenger to established Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) like the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), whi...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Partners and rivals? The AIIB’s cooperation with preexisting multilateral development banks, by Benjamin Daßler, Angelo Gerber-Helm & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social
Thank you to our contributors and particularly to our reviewers, without whom this journal could not operate. As we enter 2026, please keep in mind that we are juggling a considerably higher number of manuscripts than usual with a finite reviewer pool.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thank you to our contributors and particularly to our reviewers, without whom this journal could not operate. As we enter 2026, please keep in mind that we are juggling a considerably higher number of manuscripts than usual with a finite reviewer pool.
RIPE editors feel privileged to receive such high-quality submissions across the spectrum of academic rank and from a diversity of authorship, not only in terms of demographics and location but also in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
RIPE editors feel privileged to receive such high-quality submissions across the spectrum of academic rank and from a diversity of authorship, not only in terms of demographics and location but also in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches.
Is the increase in submissions driven by AI? Partially.The lead editors are increasingly desk-rejecting manuscripts that have tell-tale signs of AI generation (most notably phantom references and fabricated quotations). But the jump in submissions is also the result of a growing IPE community.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Is the increase in submissions driven by AI? Partially.The lead editors are increasingly desk-rejecting manuscripts that have tell-tale signs of AI generation (most notably phantom references and fabricated quotations). But the jump in submissions is also the result of a growing IPE community.
RIPE had a banner year in 2025. Prior to this year, submissions to the journal were consistently increasing by about 2-10% per year. In 2025, submissions jumped by nearly 50%. RIPE received 910 manuscripts compared to 618 in 2024 and 552 in 2023, a significant deviation from our long-term trend.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
RIPE had a banner year in 2025. Prior to this year, submissions to the journal were consistently increasing by about 2-10% per year. In 2025, submissions jumped by nearly 50%. RIPE received 910 manuscripts compared to 618 in 2024 and 552 in 2023, a significant deviation from our long-term trend.
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties, by Andrew C. McWard & @yumipark.bsky.social
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties
Sparked by a proliferation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) at the turn of the century, the modern international investment regime now faces a backlash from dissatisfied states. We examine t...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties, by Andrew C. McWard & @yumipark.bsky.social
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties, by Andrew C McWard & Yumi Park
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties
Sparked by a proliferation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) at the turn of the century, the modern international investment regime now faces a backlash from dissatisfied states. We examine t...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Play the scramble, avoid the backlash? Partisan dynamics in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties, by Andrew C McWard & Yumi Park
A network model of creditor coordination, by Paasha Mahdavi, Christina J. Schneider & Jennifer L. Tobin
A network model of creditor coordination
This paper presents a network model of creditor coordination. We argue that creditors are embedded in informal networks that shape their willingness to provide loans or restructure debt. Rather tha...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A network model of creditor coordination, by Paasha Mahdavi, Christina J. Schneider & Jennifer L. Tobin
Digital financialization through demonetization: disruption, fintech adoption and everyday endurance in Nigeria, by Shuaib Jalal-Eddeen
Digital financialization through demonetization: disruption, fintech adoption and everyday endurance in Nigeria
On 26 October 2022, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a demonetization exercise aimed at curbing corruption and advancing digital financial inclusion. While the policy was framed as a mod...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Digital financialization through demonetization: disruption, fintech adoption and everyday endurance in Nigeria, by Shuaib Jalal-Eddeen
Gendering Pan-African trade: exploring the transformational potential of the African continental free trade agreement, by
Sophia Price
Sophia Price
Gendering Pan-African trade: exploring the transformational potential of the African continental free trade agreement
International trade agreements are increasingly concerned with gender inequality and the gendered structures and impacts of trade. This ‘gendering’ of trade reflects the emergence of new trade poli...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Gendering Pan-African trade: exploring the transformational potential of the African continental free trade agreement, by
Sophia Price
Sophia Price
Toward regenerative capitalism? The remaking of corporate sustainability in times of crises, by Philip Schleifer
Toward regenerative capitalism? The remaking of corporate sustainability in times of crises
Amid intensifying ecological and social crises, global business elites increasingly advocate a shift toward ‘regenerative capitalism’, proposing businesses as agents of transformative, net positive...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Toward regenerative capitalism? The remaking of corporate sustainability in times of crises, by Philip Schleifer
The role of aid bureaucracy heads: evidence from the allocation of Korean aid by Esol Cho
The role of aid bureaucracy heads: evidence from the allocation of Korean aid
Research on foreign aid often relies on aggregated national allocations, yet this perspective overlooks the role of bureaucrats who determine where and how aid flows. Using a novel dataset on Korea...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The role of aid bureaucracy heads: evidence from the allocation of Korean aid by Esol Cho
Crypto currencies and development mode in flux: unfolding bitcoin mining in Georgia, by Ia Eradze
Crypto currencies and development mode in flux: unfolding bitcoin mining in Georgia
Cheap energy, absence of regulations on mining, low taxes, free industrial zones made Georgia an attractive place for Bitcoin mining and home to such big companies as Bitfury and Binance. This pape...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Crypto currencies and development mode in flux: unfolding bitcoin mining in Georgia, by Ia Eradze