The rules-based international order and multilateralism are widely believed to be in crisis. Global power shifts and the rise of populist forces have led to contestation of global governance often resulting in a gridlock of international cooperation. International organisations are subject to increasing geopoliticisation, while pressing global challenges such as climate change, global pandemics or rising inequality remain unresolved.
At the 17th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, ENSURED researchers will come together for a panel discussion to present conceptual and empirical contributions that unpack the contestation and defence of global governance institutions. We ask: how can we capture the transformation of multilateralism in conceptual terms? Can global governance be effective, robust and democratic at the same time, and what trade-offs emerge? How can we make sense of the increasing geopoliticisation of international organisations? What patterns of contestation and crisis of the rules-based global order emerge in issue-specific regimes, and in what ways does variation in institutional design matter (and how can we explain variation)? And, lastly, what role can the EU play in the transformation of global governance?
Empirically, this panel will present the latest research on international organisations and regimes in the realms of security, telecommunications, global trade, global health, climate change and biodiversity. We will also present on the conceptual framework of our ENSURED project. To learn more on these topics and receive our latest emails, sign up for the ENSURED newsletter.
EISA Panel Chairs: Hylke Dijkstra (Maastricht University) and Clara Weinhardt (Maastricht University)
Discussant: Thomas Conzelmann (Maastricht University)
Panel Speakers: Andrea Liese (Potsdam University), Hylke Dijkstra (Maastricht University), Clara Weinhardt (Maastricht University), Jan Karlas (Charles University), Jan Dostál (Charles University), and Katja Biedenkopf (KU Leuven).
Photo: Khaoula Sharjah / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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