The signature feature of twenty-first-century international cooperation is arguably not the
regime but the regime complex. A regime complex is an array of partially overlapping and …

This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what
many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world politics is now embedded in a …

The design of international institutions varies in many ways: Institutions can be more or less
formal, flexible, independent, precise, inclusive, centralized, and so on. This article classifies …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

Abstract “Contested multilateralism” describes the situation that results from the pursuit of
strategies by states, multilateral organizations, and non-state actors to use multilateral …

The institutions of global governance have changed dramatically in recent years. New
organizational forms—including informal institutions, transgovernmental networks, and …

What explains the strategically costly and ill-planned American invasion and occupation of
Iraq? What accounts for Saddam Hussein's failure to take actions that might have deflected …

Investment treaties are some of the most controversial but least understood instruments of
global economic governance. Public interest in international investment arbitration is …

Existing scholarship has not systematically examined BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-
South Africa) as a rising power de-dollarization coalition, despite the group developing …

Under what conditions do states withdraw from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)?
Recent events such as Brexit, the US withdrawal from UNESCO, and US threats to withdraw …