Jack Taggart
@jacktaggart.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at Queen's University, Belfast.
Critical IPE | International Development | Global Governance
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Critical IPE | International Development | Global Governance
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My colleagues Fawwaz Alabdulhadi, @jacktaggart.bsky.social I have a new article published (open access) in @ripejournal.bsky.social, "The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas". I hope you will find it informative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas
While demand for oil as an energy source is projected to decline, petrochemical demand is expected to grow significantly. Toward securing future profitability, oil and gas (O&G) firms are pivoting ...
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September 17, 2026 at 1:58 PM
My colleagues Fawwaz Alabdulhadi, @jacktaggart.bsky.social I have a new article published (open access) in @ripejournal.bsky.social, "The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas". I hope you will find it informative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Beyond just profiting from war, asset managers, private equity and speculative capital increasingly shape what militaries buy, how fast they buy it, and on whose terms."
Must read at PW from @jacktaggart.bsky.social @alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...
Must read at PW from @jacktaggart.bsky.social @alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...
August 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"Beyond just profiting from war, asset managers, private equity and speculative capital increasingly shape what militaries buy, how fast they buy it, and on whose terms."
Must read at PW from @jacktaggart.bsky.social @alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...
Must read at PW from @jacktaggart.bsky.social @alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...
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Any doubt that private finance is procyclical af? The proof is in the pudding of the new arms race.
A must-read on @phenomenalworld.bsky.social:
A must-read on @phenomenalworld.bsky.social:
July 31, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Any doubt that private finance is procyclical af? The proof is in the pudding of the new arms race.
A must-read on @phenomenalworld.bsky.social:
A must-read on @phenomenalworld.bsky.social:
New in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social w/@alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social. As geopolitical competition intensifies, major states are militarising, & private finance is investing across competing blocs. The prospect of durable peace is now at odds with the logic of financial returns. tinyurl.com/4s4fjwce
Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart | Defense Dividends
The interpenetration of private finance and the military
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July 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
New in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social w/@alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social. As geopolitical competition intensifies, major states are militarising, & private finance is investing across competing blocs. The prospect of durable peace is now at odds with the logic of financial returns. tinyurl.com/4s4fjwce
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Pour les lecteurs francophones, notre article "Politique industrielle et réalignement impérial" (écrit avec @tomchodor.bsky.social et @jacktaggart.bsky.social) est maintenant dispo en français, dans un num spécial de @gresea-asbl.bsky.social.
Le PDF est téléchargeable ici :
gresea.be/Politiques-i...
Le PDF est téléchargeable ici :
gresea.be/Politiques-i...
Politiques industrielles : le grand retour ? – Gresea
La politique industrielle est de retour. C'est ce qu'affirme le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) selon qui les États cherchent des remèdes aux « crises multiples et cumulatives […] associées à…
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July 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Pour les lecteurs francophones, notre article "Politique industrielle et réalignement impérial" (écrit avec @tomchodor.bsky.social et @jacktaggart.bsky.social) est maintenant dispo en français, dans un num spécial de @gresea-asbl.bsky.social.
Le PDF est téléchargeable ici :
gresea.be/Politiques-i...
Le PDF est téléchargeable ici :
gresea.be/Politiques-i...
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So nice to see this piece out with @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social and Peter Dauvergne on global environmental governance in a fracturing liberal political economy... We talk about climate, food and plastics governance as liberal norms erode...
What happens to global environmental governance when the liberal world economy underpinning it fragments? New piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social, w/ Peter Dauvergne, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @policyrelevant.bsky.social. We ask what comes after ‘liberal environmentalism’.
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
June 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
So nice to see this piece out with @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social and Peter Dauvergne on global environmental governance in a fracturing liberal political economy... We talk about climate, food and plastics governance as liberal norms erode...
What happens to global environmental governance when the liberal world economy underpinning it fragments? New piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social, w/ Peter Dauvergne, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @policyrelevant.bsky.social. We ask what comes after ‘liberal environmentalism’.
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
June 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What happens to global environmental governance when the liberal world economy underpinning it fragments? New piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social, w/ Peter Dauvergne, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @policyrelevant.bsky.social. We ask what comes after ‘liberal environmentalism’.
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
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Global environmental governance after liberal environmentalism: Review of International Political Economy @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social
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Global environmental governance after liberal environmentalism
Global environmental governance has long been predicated on a normative compromise, commonly referred to as ‘liberal environmentalism’, which posits that addressing global environmental challenges ...
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June 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Global environmental governance after liberal environmentalism: Review of International Political Economy @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New article! How is finance ‘raced’, and why is this the case? With what consequences for our understandings of race, finance, and capitalism?
To explore this, we develop a 'raced finance' analytic, grounded in political economy and racial capitalism debates. Link 👇🏾and 🧵:
To explore this, we develop a 'raced finance' analytic, grounded in political economy and racial capitalism debates. Link 👇🏾and 🧵:
May 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
New article! How is finance ‘raced’, and why is this the case? With what consequences for our understandings of race, finance, and capitalism?
To explore this, we develop a 'raced finance' analytic, grounded in political economy and racial capitalism debates. Link 👇🏾and 🧵:
To explore this, we develop a 'raced finance' analytic, grounded in political economy and racial capitalism debates. Link 👇🏾and 🧵:
Check out our new piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social on the petrochemical historical bloc, the UN Global Plastics Treaty, and the battle for plastic hegemony. This was a real labour of love and so glad to see this finally out!
new open access paper with colleagues @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @jptilsted.bsky.social in @ripejournal.bsky.social
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
The battle for plastic hegemony: the petrochemical historical bloc and the UN Global Plastics Treaty
Plastics are a ubiquitous feature of contemporary consumer capitalism. Despite scientific evidence and public awareness of the mounting health and environmental impacts of plastics pollution, globa...
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April 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Check out our new piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social on the petrochemical historical bloc, the UN Global Plastics Treaty, and the battle for plastic hegemony. This was a real labour of love and so glad to see this finally out!
New article in @ripejournal.bsky.social w/ @sebhaug.bsky.social and Han Cheng on China's new Global Development Initiative. We contend that the GDI is a form of institutional layering that serves as a component of China's counter-hegemonic strategy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
April 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
New article in @ripejournal.bsky.social w/ @sebhaug.bsky.social and Han Cheng on China's new Global Development Initiative. We contend that the GDI is a form of institutional layering that serves as a component of China's counter-hegemonic strategy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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new open access paper with colleagues @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @jptilsted.bsky.social in @ripejournal.bsky.social
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
The battle for plastic hegemony: the petrochemical historical bloc and the UN Global Plastics Treaty
Plastics are a ubiquitous feature of contemporary consumer capitalism. Despite scientific evidence and public awareness of the mounting health and environmental impacts of plastics pollution, globa...
doi.org
April 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
new open access paper with colleagues @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @jptilsted.bsky.social in @ripejournal.bsky.social
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
it offers a neo-gramscian perspective on the political economy of plastics / plastic pollution, exploring attempts by dominant actors to sustain 'plastic hegemony'
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Multilateralism continues to be challenged as leading states take unilateral actions. This article traces the shift away from multilateralism to explore the emergence of a non-hegemonic world. @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social@tomchodor.bsky.social
Non-Hegemony | Phenomenal World
The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.
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March 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Multilateralism continues to be challenged as leading states take unilateral actions. This article traces the shift away from multilateralism to explore the emergence of a non-hegemonic world. @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social@tomchodor.bsky.social
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Over at Phenomenal World, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, and @tomchodor.bsky.social consider the causes and consequences of the emerging post-multilateral world.
Non-Hegemony | Phenomenal World
The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 20, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Over at Phenomenal World, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, and @tomchodor.bsky.social consider the causes and consequences of the emerging post-multilateral world.
'Post-multilateralism': so hot right now
🚨 New article w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social examining the structural drivers of the crisis of the "rules-based order" & the emerging non-hegemonic order characterised by unmaking of multilateralism 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
Non-Hegemony | Phenomenal World
The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:36 AM
'Post-multilateralism': so hot right now
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New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:
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Our forum on oligarchic sovereignty is now available from @risjnl.bsky.social!
And for free, thanks to the University of Glasgow. A very affordable holiday gift for anyone in your life trying to better understand our new world of tech billionaires' massive wealth and political power.
And for free, thanks to the University of Glasgow. A very affordable holiday gift for anyone in your life trying to better understand our new world of tech billionaires' massive wealth and political power.
#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
December 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our forum on oligarchic sovereignty is now available from @risjnl.bsky.social!
And for free, thanks to the University of Glasgow. A very affordable holiday gift for anyone in your life trying to better understand our new world of tech billionaires' massive wealth and political power.
And for free, thanks to the University of Glasgow. A very affordable holiday gift for anyone in your life trying to better understand our new world of tech billionaires' massive wealth and political power.
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What is "oligarchic sovereignty" and can it explain the tech bro seizure of the US government and its effects on the world? I discuss with some very thoughtful colleagues here: cup.org/3KZzRly
Free to read as a Christmas gift to you all:
Free to read as a Christmas gift to you all:
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order
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December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What is "oligarchic sovereignty" and can it explain the tech bro seizure of the US government and its effects on the world? I discuss with some very thoughtful colleagues here: cup.org/3KZzRly
Free to read as a Christmas gift to you all:
Free to read as a Christmas gift to you all:
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Wonderful to have a contribution among these incredible and thoughtful scholars trying to make sense of the Silicon Valley technology elite and corporate forms of power and sovereignty
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#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wonderful to have a contribution among these incredible and thoughtful scholars trying to make sense of the Silicon Valley technology elite and corporate forms of power and sovereignty
👇👇
👇👇
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#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly
- @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social, Sarah Logan et al
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new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food
The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakehol...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
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“There is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal.”
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“There is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal.”
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
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Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.
🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.
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new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
theloop.ecpr.eu
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
Reposted by Jack Taggart
🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE