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Not just carrots and sticks: why states implement environmental obligations

August 13, 2025

The British National (Overseas) visa: a geopolitical tool in UK-China relations 

July 9, 2025

How legal safeguards stabilise power relations in international organisations

March 18, 2025

BRICS expansion: another sign of the world's de-westernisation?

February 7, 2024

Gender Impact Assessment: a policy tool to advance gender equality

July 27, 2023
July 19, 2023

Why the Aid Effectiveness Principles are important for development

Rachel M. Gisselquist Demonstrating empirically the Aid Effectiveness Principles' global impact on development is a challenge. But according to Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, and Andrea Vaccaro, the value of these principles lies in mobilising support for normative commitments such as establishing effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions Read more
July 14, 2023

How China is reshaping UN development work

Max-Otto Baumann China’s presence in United Nations (UN) development work has expanded considerably. While this contributes to geopolitical rivalries with the West, Max-Otto Baumann and Sebastian Haug advocate examining the potential and risks of China’s take on the UN’s role, its cooperation priorities, and development philosophy Read more
July 12, 2023

Small green firms beat big polluters in clean shipping negotiations

Benjamin Hofmann When some companies lobby for ambitious environmental policy and others against it, the larger ones usually win. New regulations for cleaner shipping in the Arctic and Baltic Sea show, however, that David can beat Goliath. Benjamin Hofmann explains how small green businesses can prevail in international environmental negotiations Read more
June 5, 2023

EU-China relations: a growing global rivalry

James F. Downes James F. Downes, Mathew Wong and Man Hoo So argue that the European Union-China relationship has evolved considerably over recent years into a growing global rivalry in 2023. The EU has become more interventionist towards China, but there exist large divisions within the core EU institutions and member states towards relations with China Read more
April 28, 2023

National legislators in global governance: there’s more going on than you think

Philipp Bien When we consider national parliaments, we think of the domestic arena. However, there are rarely observed foreign dimensions to the work of national legislators. Philipp Bien, Meray Maddah and Thomas Malang argue that, through fora like the Inter-Parliamentary Union, national legislators have become an important group in international politics Read more

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