Recent decades have seen an intensification of international organizations'(IOs) attempts to
justify their authority. The existing research suggests that IO representatives have scaled up …

This book addresses the consequences of legitimacy in global governance, in particular
asking: when and how do legitimacy crises affect international organizations (IOs) and their …

Abstract The election of Donald Trump posed an existential challenge to NATO. At the end of
his tenure, however, the US president had neither withdrawn membership nor substantially …

The liberal international order is widely believed to be resilient because it has always had a
remarkable ability to adapt in response to crisis and adversity. Today, the liberal order is …

This article explains why the European Union has remained strikingly cohesive during the
Brexit withdrawal negotiations by focussing on the role played by its negotiator: the …

The liberal international order is being challenged and international organizations (IOs) are
a main target of contestation. COVID‐19 seems to exacerbate the situation with many states …

International organizations (IOs) experience significant variation in their decision-making
performance, or the extent to which they produce policy output. While some IOs are efficient …

This paper addresses the impact of political regimes on carbon emissions (CO2) from a
historical perspective, covering the period of 1970–2015. Our sample consists of 153 …

Regime complexity characterizes the international system, as many international
organizations (IOs) overlap in membership and competencies at the same time. Unmanaged …

How do intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) evolve? Cooperation through IGOs is
difficult to maintain, as membership dynamics change dramatically over time, leading to …