After Dollar hegemony?

This workshop of the Interdisciplinary Research Cluster ‘Finance and Society’ brings together political scientists, economists and legal scholars with an interest in the international monetary-financial system. The speakers discuss how the role of the US-dollar is changing in response to its current dis-embedding from traditional Western alliances, the rivalry with China and stronger cooperation among middle powers, in and beyond the European Union Steffen Murau (Global Climate Forum and BIS) Rethinking monetary sovereignty Mark Herman Schwartz (University of Virginia, RSCAS) Europe ‘s dependency Daniela Gabor (SOAS) The potential role of a global Euro