abstract:International political economy (IPE), also known as Global political economy (GPE), is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably political science and economics, but also sociology, history, and cultural studies.
The themes refer to internationalcooperationandinternational conflict. The studiesofinternationalrelationsincludeinternationalsecurity study and international politicaleconomy.
Albertson Professor of InternationalPoliticalEconomy at the University of Puget Sound in Washington State and author of The Wine Economist blog, a few questions about the wine world in general.