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The Centre for Global Studies
The Centre for Global (CGS) is an independent
think tank which is trying to
sort our the sense and nonsense of "globalisation"
and tackle the really big
political economy question: what political and
institutional supports does a
free economy need to survive?
It has a stong focus on the institutions of global
governance, such as the
United Nations, the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund and various
NGOs. The Centre also has a special interest in
Russia and other emerging
markets.
The Centre for Global Studies started life in
1996 as an autonomous body
inside the Social Market Foundation (www.smf.co.uk),
which was then called
the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. Between
1996 and 2001 the Centre
for Post-Collectivist Studies held a variety of
conferences on global issues
and published a number of books. For example,
Francis Fukuyama, The End of
Order (1997), Robert Skidelsky ed., The Politics
of Economic Reform (1998),
Robert Skidelsky ed., Capital Regulation: For
and Against (1999), Mauricio
Rojas, Millennium Doom (1999), and two important
essays by the Hungarian
economist Janos Kornai. In addition, the Centre
was responsible for the
publication of "Russia on Russia", a
quarterly journal based on the
proceedings of the Moscow School of Political
Studies.
The Centre for Global Studies started life as
its successor in mid-2002
after Professor Lord Skidelsky had ceased to be
Chairman of the Social
Market Foundation.
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