The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database)
ABSTRACT In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global ...
Kevin Parthenay, Petra Godoy
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Indonesia’s Membership in BRICS: From Economic Growth Opportunities to Geopolitical Challenges
Indonesia’s accession to BRICS marks a significant milestone in the country’s evolving foreign policy and economic strategy amidst shifting global power configurations.
Ferdian Ahya Al Putra +2 more
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Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers [PDF]
In this paper we provide a theoretical analysis of transfer sharing in a federalist economy by means of bargaining among regions and the federal government.
Vander Lucas
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ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer +1 more
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The Political Economy of Bilateralism and Multilateralism: Institutional Choice in Trade and Taxation [PDF]
Trade relations are governed by the multilateral GATT, whereas the avoidance of international double taxation rests on a network of around 2000 bilateral treaties. Given the two regimes’ similar economic rationales this difference between bilateralism in
Rixen, Thomas, Rohlfing, Ingo
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A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives
ABSTRACT Efforts to develop global governance initiatives for artificial intelligence (AI) have increased significantly in recent years. However, these initiatives have generally had a limited impact due to their vagueness, lack of authority and repetition.
Huw Roberts +2 more
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An Analysis of Multilateral Negotiations in the World Trade Organization
The Doha round of negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) constitutes one of the prime cases of current multilateral negotiations. But in the more than twelve years of the negotiations, little progress has been achieved.
Michal Parízek
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The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO under the Reagan Administration: A Multilevel Analysis
The United States positions itself as a global leader and upholder of the world order whose pivotal role in the system of international relations is legitimized through its active participation in multilateral institutions.
B. A. Avdeev
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Are Preferential Trade Agreements with Non-trade Objectives a Stumbling Bloc for Multilateral Liberalization? [PDF]
Increasingly, in regional agreements, large economies, e.g. U.S. and E.U., offer lower trade barriers in exchange for cooperation by small economies in environmental, intellectual property and other issues.
Nuno Limão
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It's the Politics!—Global Trade Governance Beyond Technocracy
ABSTRACT The World Trade Organization (WTO) struggles to respond to the growing entanglement of trade and geopolitics. Drawing on existing scholarship and 20 in‐depth interviews with ambassadors and senior trade diplomats conducted in Geneva ahead of the 13th WTO Ministerial 2024, this article reveals a fundamental dilemma at the heart of contemporary ...
Nora Kürzdörfer
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