S6: Capture the nodes

How do states exercise power through global economic networks?
The multilateral world order is supposed to be harmonious, but by
seizing the nodes of production, powerful forces can control
access to the global economic system and threaten to lock their
rival out. This week, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff are
joined by Henry Farrell, Professor of political science and
international affairs at the George Washington University, and
Abraham L. Newman, Professor of Government at the Georgetown
University, to discuss their theory of weaponised interdependency