Today’s world has gone beyond state-to-state negotiations. While these traditional forms of engagement still exist, the more rapid developments have occurred at the boundary of social and political conflicts. The State’s strict jurisdiction over diplomacy as a tool for conflict resolution is being increasingly challenged by economic actors and civil society actors. This new overlapping […]

Welcome to this edition of Interconnections. We hope our theme of international management practice provides interesting and stimulating reading and is successful in provoking thought and debate. As with the two earlier editions of Interconnections, our contributors are connecting the insights provided by academic theory into the challenges and issues facing international management practitioners, just […]

Crevoisier, J.; “Interview avec M. Raymond Saner – Pour réinventer la Suisse, allons à Singapour”. La Suisse est-elle soluble dans l’Europe. Journal de Genève, Gazette de Lausanne. George Editeur, 1996. More Information

In light of the current food crisis, affected countries are implementing measures aimed at addressing the plight of the vulnerable and suffering populations. In this context, policy responses have also emanated from the relevant organisations and from the international financial institutions (IFIs) at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels. Article

Some consider economic and commercial diplomacy to be a fairly recent addition to the work of professional diplomats, who previously tended to concentrate almost exclusively on political tasks. Such diplomacy employs economic resources, either as rewards or sanctions, in pursuit of particular foreign policy objectives. This is sometimes called “economic statecraft”[1]. Commercial work, like other […]

The International Monetary Fund’s Influence on Trade Policies of Low-income Countries:A Valid Undertaking? Raymond Saner & Ricardo Guilherme; Journal of World Trade 41(5): 931±981, 2007; # 2007 Kluwer Law International. Printed in The Netherlands. This article explores the involvement of the IMF in influencing the setting of trade policy and tariff regimes of low-income countries, […]

Worlds Apart? Exploring the Interface between Governance and Diplomacy. Business–Government-NGO relations: their impact on global economic governance: A case example from WTO negotiations on trade in educational services. Working Paper. CIGI/Loughborough University, Wilton Park, 23-25 June 2006. Article

ISO 22000’s Potential Impact on World Trade in Agricultural Products, ISO Management Systems. March-April 2006, Pp. 5 – 8. Article English Article French

Comment fonctionnent les négociations AGCS? La Vie économique, 6: 20-24. VW-f-04-Saner

Negotiating Trade in Educational Services within the WTO/GATS Context. Aussenwirtschaft, 59: 275-308. Saner_Fasel