A wave of recent research challenges the role of regime type in international relations. One
striking takeaway is that democratic and autocratic leaders can often achieve similar levels …

Liberals claim that globalization has led to fragmentation and decentralized networks of
power relations. This does not explain how states increasingly “weaponize …

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 …

Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for
direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and local actors. They introduce a …

In life, delegation is fundamental. But it is difficult, especially when attempted internationally,
as in the long delegation chains to the United Nations family and other global governance …

Britain's BREXIT vote and Trump's victory in the US presidential elections sent shockwaves
through the Western liberal establishment, including academia. Both events suggest yet …

Historical institutionalist theories of endogenous change have enhanced our understanding
of institutional development by providing a theoretical vocabulary for analyzing how …

Many scholars and policymakers see transnational governance as a substitute for lackluster
national and international policies, particularly in the context of intergovernmental gridlock or …

Analysis of the post-COVID world tends to gravitate to one of two poles. For some, the
pandemic is a crisis that will reshuffle the decks, producing a fundamental reordering of …

Scholars and policymakers long believed that norms of global information openness and
private-sector governance helped to sustain and promote liberalism. These norms are being …