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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, globalgovernance, and international organizations.
List of contents
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).
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"Auriane Guilbaud, Franck Petiteville and Frédéric Ramel have produced Crisis of Multilateralism? Challenges and Resilience which assesses multilateralism and the challenges it faces in such erratic times. A total of seventeen contributors from several universities contribute through chapters covering a variety of aspects related to contemporary multilateralism. ... Crisis of Multilateralism? has the merit of revealing the complexity of multilateralism ... and invites the reader to avoid the trap of oversimplification." (Victoria BRUNÉ, European Review of International Studies ERIS, Vol. 11 (2), 2024)
