The External

The External

By Leuven Centre for Global Governance StudiesScienceSocial Sciences
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The External episodes

  • How Multinational Corporations Contribute to Regional Integration Across Africa

    What role do multinational corporations play in African regional political and economic intregration?

    In Episode 6, the External provides an overview of the recent article by Dr Mpumelelo Mkhabela and Professor Christopher Changwe Nshimbi published in the Journal of African Business, '‘Post-Apartheid South Africa and African Continental Integration: The Contribution of South African Multinational Corporations to Integration". 

    10 min
  • Factional politics behind the UK's evolving foreign policy

    Can changes to British foreign policy be understood as an outcome of factional politics that divided the Conservative Party during the Brexit negotiations?

    In Episode 5, the External is joined by Benjamin Martill, who argues that the defeat of Teresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement brought to power a pro-Brexit faction with a distinct foreign policy worldview and incentives to demonstrate a cleaner break from the European Union. We discuss the key insights from his recent article in the Journal of European Public Policy, "Withdrawal symptoms: party factions, political change and British foreign policy post-Brexit."

    29 min
  • How parliaments are shaping the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement

    National and subnational parliaments are increasingly taking up a role in regional trade negotiations, which has implications for the final negotiation outcomes. The parliamentary engagement with the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement may be a deciding factor in the agreement's future.

    In Episode 4, the External is joined by Bruno Luciano from the Université libre de Bruxelles and Cairo Junqueira of the Federal University of Sergipe to discuss their recent article "Beyond parliamentary ratification: the role of national and subnational parliaments in EU-Mercosur trade negotiations" in the Journal of European Integration.

    27 min
  • Paradiplomacy toward the EU from US states

    Individual US states engage in their own diplomatic efforts towards the EU - Illinois even has an office in Brussels - but they do so in different ways and for different reasons. This episode dives into this long-standing but under-researched practice.

    This episode brings in Maria Helena Guimaraes (University of Minho) and Michelle Egan (American University) to discuss their article (co-authored with Sandrina Antunes), "Made in the USA? The paradiplomatic strategies of California and Illinois to the EU".


    47 min

About The External

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The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at KU Leuven presents podcasts on cutting-edge scholarship on global governance, including a series called ‘The External’, which delves into the latest…