Global Governance in Transformation: Challenges for International Cooperation

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This book analyzes the state of global governance in the current geopolitical environment. It evaluates the main challenges and discusses potential opportunities for compromise in international cooperation. The book’s analysis is based on the universal criteria of global political stability and the UN framework of sustainable development. By examining various global problems, including global economic inequality, legal and political aspects of access to resources, international trade, and climate change, as well as the attendant global economic and political confrontations between key global actors, the book identifies a growing crisis and the pressing need to transform the current system of global governance. In turn, it discusses various instruments, measures and international regulation mechanisms that can foster international cooperation in order to overcome global problems. Addressing a broad range of topics, e.g. the international environmental regime, global financial problems, issues in connection with the energy transition, and the role of BRICS countries in global governance, the book will appeal to scholars in international relations, economics and law, as well as policy-makers in government offices and international organizations. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: International Cooperation in Times of Post-Cold War (Dis)order (Leonid Grigoryev, Adrian Pabst)....Pages 1-12 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Is Global Governance Unravelling? The Revolt Against Liberal Globalisation (Adrian Pabst)....Pages 15-34 The USA in a ‘Post-West’ World: Difficulties of Adaptation and Implications for International Order and Global Governance (Dmitry Suslov)....Pages 35-58 Narrowing the Deepening Division Between the West and Russia (Glenn Diesen)....Pages 59-72 Back to Nukes? Global Governance’s Transitional Moment (Renato G. Flôres Jr)....Pages 73-86 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 EU ‘Sovereignty’ in Global Governance: The Case of Sanctions (Alan Cafruny, Ksenia Kirkham)....Pages 89-104 Integrated Challenge: China’s Response to Reforms in Global Governance (Xin Zhang)....Pages 105-115 Challenges to Global Governance: Can the Asian Giants Show the Way? (Nandan Unnikrishnan, Uma Purushothaman)....Pages 117-127 Is BRICS Capable of Filling the Vacuum in Global Governance? (Maxim Bratersky)....Pages 129-143 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 How Tectonic Shifts in Global Energy Are Affecting Global Governance (Manfred Hafner, Alessa Wochner)....Pages 147-162 Bridging the Gaps in the Polycentric Climate Change Regime (Igor Makarov)....Pages 163-181 International Trade at a Triple Crossroads (Vladimir Zuev)....Pages 183-200 Global Versus National Income Inequalities and Their Impact on Global Governance (Marek Dabrowski)....Pages 201-220 Front Matter ....Pages 221-221 Empirical Investigation into Economic Fundamentals of Global Governance Structures (Alexander Kurdin)....Pages 223-239 The Contribution of BRICS to the International Competition Policy Regime (Svetlana Avdasheva, Svetlana Golovanova, Andrey Shastitko)....Pages 241-259 Financial Architecture and Financial Flows: BRICS and the G7 (Vikash Gautam, Vivan Sharan)....Pages 261-274 Global Recession and Income Inequality: Factors of Disruption for Elites in the Twenty-First Century (Leonid Grigoryev, Victoria Pavlyushina)....Pages 275-297