International Organizations Amid Global Crises

Bridging the Gap between Role Theory and Comparative International Organization Research - Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs


PART I: Challenges to the Liberal International Order


2. Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation: The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order - Rikard Bengtsson


3. The Roles of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during Global Crises: Preferences of Illiberal Powers and Functioning of an Authoritarian International Organization - Sebastian Harnisch and Asaf Alibegovic


4. A Liberal International Organization with an Illiberal Core? Eurasian Economic Union and International Crises in Eurasia - Alexander Libman


PART II: Global Health Crises


5. Organization of African Unity/African Union Roles in Two Global Health Crises - John F. Clark


6. Community Norms and Crisis: Changing Roles of Regional Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Laura von Allwoerden and Maria Debre


7. Role Conflicts, the Principal-Agent Problem and the Future of the World Health Organization - Jeremy Youde


PART III: Climate Crises and (Un-)Related Migration


8. The UN Climate Secretariat's Dual Crises - Amy Below


9. The Roles of International and Regional Organizations during the South American Migration Crisis - Leslie Wehner


10. From 'Glorified Travel Agency' to 'the UN Migration Agency': The International Organization for Migration's Changing Policy Roles in Times of Crisis - Stefan Rother


PART IV: Conclusion


11: International Organizations' Roles in the Wake of Global Crises: Patterns, Drivers and Effects - Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs