Crisis of Multilateralism? Challenges and Resilience

ISBN-13: 9783031396700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Opis

This book explores the challenges that multilateralism faces today and questions the idea of a ‘crisis’ of multilateral cooperation and international organizations. It accounts for the pressures on and power shifts in multilateralism in recent years - such as the war in Syria, the Covid-19 pandemic, challenges for NATO, the erosion of multilateral norms, the transition from Trump to Biden, the rise of China, the post-Brexit European Union, and the mobilization of countries from the South. The authors illustrate the resilience of multilateralism and lessons learned from the WTO, UN Women, International Organizations’ Secretariats and global environmental governance. Written in part by members of the Research Group on Multilateral Action (GRAM), this volume argues that ‘crisis’ should not be considered a pathology but the ‘matrix’ of multilateralism, which is more resilient than commonly thought. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, global governance, and international organizations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Crises as the Matrix of Multilateralism (Auriane Guilbaud, Franck Petiteville, Frédéric Ramel). – Part I. Multilaretalism Under Pressure. – 2. Polarization and Plasticity at the United Nations over the War in Syria (Franck Petiteville, Manon-Nour Tannous, Simon Tordjman). – 3. A Stress-Test for Global Health Multilateralism: The Covid-19 Pandemic as Revealer and Catalyst of Cooperation Challenges (Auriane Guilbaud). – 4. Unpacking the ‘Mess’ of Multilateral Crisis Management: NATO’s Defence Posture from Afghanistan to Ukraine (Julien Pomarède). – 5. The Enduring Crisis:  Reclaiming the Normative Foundations of Multilateralism (Thierry Balzacq, Frédéric Ramel). – Part II. Power Shifts in Multilateralism. – 6. The United States from Trump to Biden: A Fragile Return to Multilateralism (Frédéric Charillon). – 7. China: Supporter or Contender of Multilateralism? (Camille Brugier). – 8. The Post-Brexit European Union and Multilateralism: Evolution and Challenges in the European Perception of Power (Delphine Deschaux-Dutard). – 9. Mobilizing the South: Pluralizing and Complexifying Multilateralism (Delphine Allès, Elodie Brun). – Part III. New Dynamics. – 10. Beyond the Failure of the WTO: Resilience of Trade Multilateralism (Mehdi Abbas, Erick Duchesne). – 11. Can UN reform be successful? The Case of UN Women (Marie Saiget, Simon Tordjman). – 12. Secretariats of Intergovernmental Organizations and Multilateralism under Pressure (Bob Reinalda). – 13. Regime Complexes as a Model of Multilateral Governance: The Case of the Environment (Amandine Orsini).

O autorze

Auriane Guilbaud is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University Paris 8 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Franck Petiteville is Professor of International Relations at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies.

Frédéric Ramel is Professor and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Sciences Po Paris.

Blurb

“This book is a goldmine for scholars and practitioners eager to understand and contribute to global cooperation. An audacious and looking-forward exercise that boosts determination and creativity.”

—Valérie Rosoux, Professor – Director of Research, FNRS and University of Louvain, Belgium

“Although multilateral institutions seem to be in crisis, the editors of this important volume argue that they are ‘more resilient, more reactive, and more effective than usually thought.’ A must-read for anyone interested in contemporary international relations.”

—Lise Howard, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA

“This important boocoverk shows that crisis is constitutive of multilateralism. As its rich case studies illustrate, disagreement, struggle and conflict form its normal conditions.”

—Vincent Pouliot, James McGill Professor, McGill University, Canada

This book explores the challenges that multilateralism faces and questions the idea of a ‘crisis’ of multilateral cooperation and international organizations. It examines recent pressures on and power shifts in multilateralism such as the war in Syria, the Covid-19 pandemic, challenges for NATO, the erosion of multilateral norms, the Trump-Biden transition, the rise of China, the post-Brexit European Union, and the mobilization of countries from the South. The book also illustrates the resilience of multilateralism and some lessons learned from the WTO, UN Women, IO Secretariats or global environmental governance. It argues that ‘crisis’ should not be considered a pathology but the ‘matrix’ of multilateralism. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of IR, global governance, and international organizations.

Chapter 3 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Auriane Guilbaud is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University Paris 8 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Franck Petiteville is Professor of International Relations at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies.

Frédéric Ramel is Professor and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Sciences Po Paris.