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In a recent commentary article for The Conversation, Dr André Broome argues that the International Monetary Fund's negotiating stance with Greece as part of the Troika with the European Commission and the European Central Bank is motivated by five main concerns. These are: (1) keeping the eurozone intact; (2) the reputational costs associated with a Greek default; (3) the Greek government's commitment to structural reform; (4) promoting major tax reforms in Greece; and (5) pressuring EU creditors to commit to debt relief in the future if an agreement with Greece is reached.

The commentary article is available to view at: https://theconversation.com/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-imfs-stance-on-greece-43936

Final Year Degree Classifications are now available online.

The Warwick 50th Anniversary Conference on New Directions in International Political Economy on 13-15 May 2015 brought together 130 scholars from 20 countries to discuss cutting-edge research in the study of the global political economy.

A video recording of the 2-hour Opening Roundtable Discussion from the Conference is now available to view at: www.warwick.ac.uk/ipeconference/roundtable

Chaired by Dr Juanita Elias from the University of Warwick, the prestigious line-up of speakers included Prof. Matthew Watson (University of Warwick), Niheer Dasandi (University College London), Adrienne Roberts (University of Manchester), and Kees Van Der Pijl (University of Sussex).

A big congratulations to PAIS student, Cindy Asokan, who is part of the Students' Union team to win the 'Equality in Education' award at the recent NUS Black Students' Conference.

You can read more about this award on the Students' Union website here.

Kostas Axelos's book Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger, has been published in English translation by Meson Press. It was translated by Kenneth Mills, and edited and introduced by Stuart Elden.

Axelos is not well-known in the Anglophone world, but he was an important figure in European thought. He was born in Greece, and lived most of his life in Paris. He wrote widely on philosophy and social theory, with special emphasis on the concept of the world. The only previous book of his available in English was his study of Marx as a thinker of technology. Introduction to a Future Way of Thought comprises a number of texts looking at Marx, Heidegger and their relation, and was his only book written in German.

Meson Press are a new publisher based at Leuphana University, and their books are available open access online and as print-on-demand. You can download this book here