Crisis of Multilateralism? Challenges and Resilience

Auriane Guilbaud is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University Paris 8 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.Franck Petiteville is Professor of International Relations at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies.Frédéric Ramel is Professor and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Sciences Po Paris.

• 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).

“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)