Jack Taggart is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Political Economy at Queen’s University Belfast. His research examines the contested politics and dynamics of international development, environmental policy, and global governance.

June 14, 2025

Analysis

Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment

Growing asymmetries in global development

More than 2500 industrial policies were recorded in 2023, but they are being deployed asymmetrically across the global economy. The pace at which advanced economies and less-developed countries are adopting industrial policies is diverging, with the former better positioned to…