金融危機一再發生不僅造成個人和國家財富的重大損失，更帶來經濟、社會和政治的問題，因此經濟學家莫不思考如何預警和處理金融危機的方法，以減少金融危機的傷害。然而，國際政治經濟學者所關心的則是金融危機的發生對國際政治體系的影響。這篇論文希望從金融危機的研究之中，找出國際政治經濟學的新研究議題，並強化該學門對全球金融危機的分析和解釋力。

The constant happening of financial crisis not only causes economic damages to persons and countries, but also makes social as well as political turbulences. Economists have been working on the prevention and management of financial crises. But, the scholars in the field of international political economy have concerns on the effects of financial crises on international political system. This paper aims to discover new research topics from the lessons of financial crises, 2008 Global Financial Crisis in particular. And, it also tries to enhance the analytical capability of IPE theories to financial crises studies.