Global governance is often described as being in crisis, yet demand for effective international cooperation has never been higher. Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, this report asks: How can inter...

Based on the ENSURED Expert Survey, this report offers a global assessment of how 110 international organisations (IOs) are coping in today’s turbulent world.

As global governance faces rising geopolitical pressures, understanding how IOs are performing is increasingly vital. Drawing on two updated datasets, this report maps how IO effectiveness and inclusi...

How well has the World Health Organization’s reform agenda since 2020 addressed the longstanding and emergent challenges the organization faces? The post-COVID-19 reform agenda shows significant momen...

More than 30 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came into force, the world is still struggling to slow biodiversity loss. Is the CBD still up to the task?

After decades of progress and some landmark wins, women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are becoming increasingly contested on the global stage. How resilient is human rights governance in the face of pushback?

Whether or not popular legitimacy matters for international organizations (IOs) is a topic of extensive assumption but little rigorous research. A key obstacle has been the methodological difficulties...

Broad scholarly consensus exists that the third wave of democratization had an important role in the expansion of power and influence of international organizat...

Abstract. Respect for sovereignty is a hallmark norm for the coalition between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Third World/Global South countr

This ISA panel presents research on international institutions in the realms of climate change, global trade, and migration.

International Collaboration (Section 48) The International Collaboration (IC) Section of the American Political Science Association works to promote and

Trump 2.0’s ‘America First’ agenda threatens to undermine key multilateral institutions, from NATO to the WTO. Europe face a critical choice: appease US demands or fill the gap to preserve internation...

Abstract. While international organizations (IOs) have played a central role in global governance in the post-Cold War period, during the last decade many

Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) is the flagship journal of the German International Relations community. According to a poll amongst Ge…

The governance turn in political research has led to increased attention to informal institutions. For scholars of international relations this has contributed to recent scholarship that reveals a no...

The club's meeting is an opportunity for the EU to formulate a shared agenda with Brazil around specific priorities like ending hunger or climate change, and to jointly promote common initiatives.

This year’s BRICS summit was set amidst growing geopolitical turmoil. How will the bloc develop under Brazil's 2025 presidency and what will it mean for multilateralism?

International organisations are increasingly under pressure. But how effective and democratic have these institutions been over time and in different policy fields?