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View article: Too Complex to Fail: The Stability of Global Environmental Governance Beyond Hegemony
Too Complex to Fail: The Stability of Global Environmental Governance Beyond Hegemony Open
The recent US disengagement from global governance has revived concerns—first theorized in the 1970s and 1980s—about the vulnerability of international institutions to hegemonic decline. While these concerns appear valid in many issue area…
View article: 18. Global Intellectual Property Governance: An Assessment of Its Terms
18. Global Intellectual Property Governance: An Assessment of Its Terms Open
View article: Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance
Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance Open
Two states can have several bilateral agreements between them, some of which are legally binding and others are not. Is there a discernible pattern to how states structure the chronological sequence of binding and non-binding agreements go…
View article: Assets and Ashes: Wildfire management and the politics of climate change
Assets and Ashes: Wildfire management and the politics of climate change Open
This Perspective examines the interplay between natural and political systems. Drawing on first-hand experience and recent studies, it employs various graphic novel techniques to illustrate feedback loops that connect the expansion of extr…
View article: Taking Climate Change Seriously in the Design of Trade Agreements
Taking Climate Change Seriously in the Design of Trade Agreements Open
View article: The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris
The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris Open
The pollution of Earth’s orbits by debris represents a pressing environmental problem. Recognizing that geopolitical factors hinder the adoption of a multilateral solution, several experts advocate for a polycentric governance system, insp…
View article: Trade and the Environment
Trade and the Environment Open
The mushrooming of trade agreements and their interlinkages with environmental governance calls for new research on the trade and environment interface. The more than 700 existing preferential trade agreements (PTAs) include ever more dive…
View article: The Empire Strikes Back: Comparing US and China’s Structural Power in Outer Space
The Empire Strikes Back: Comparing US and China’s Structural Power in Outer Space Open
This article assesses the structural power of the United States and China in the field of space governance. While much of the literature on space power focuses on their technologies and capabilities, we take a complementary approach and ex…
View article: Treaty amendment procedures: A typology from a survey of multilateral environmental agreements
Treaty amendment procedures: A typology from a survey of multilateral environmental agreements Open
Treaty amendments constitute a critical but under-researched aspect of international law. In this article, we present a comprehensive survey of 491 amendment procedures across 691 multilateral environmental agreements. We use this data col…
View article: Environmental agreements as clubs: Evidence from a new dataset of trade provisions
Environmental agreements as clubs: Evidence from a new dataset of trade provisions Open
View article: Checking for Updates: Ratification, Design, and Institutional Adaptation
Checking for Updates: Ratification, Design, and Institutional Adaptation Open
Although most international agreements are concluded for indefinite periods, the issues they address and parties’ preferences are constantly evolving. In some cases, parties seek to close any growing gaps between negotiators’ expectations …
View article: A combinatorial theory of institutional invention – ERRATUM
A combinatorial theory of institutional invention – ERRATUM Open
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View article: A combinatorial theory of institutional invention
A combinatorial theory of institutional invention Open
From climate change to disruptive technologies, policymakers constantly face new problems calling for unprecedented institutional solutions. Yet, we still poorly understand the inventive process leading to the emergence of new institutiona…
View article: Outer Space as a Global Commons: An Empirical Study of Space Arrangements
Outer Space as a Global Commons: An Empirical Study of Space Arrangements Open
The designation of outer space as a global commons is a contentious issue. Some argue that officially recognizing it as such could discourage private investment, while others claim that it would not sufficiently promote sustainability. To …
View article: CJP volume 55 issue 1 Cover and Front matter
CJP volume 55 issue 1 Cover and Front matter Open
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View article: The Federated Entities in Environmental Treaties (FEET) Dataset: Questioning Conventional Wisdom on Green Paradiplomacy
The Federated Entities in Environmental Treaties (FEET) Dataset: Questioning Conventional Wisdom on Green Paradiplomacy Open
The existing literature underestimates the contribution of federated entities to international environmental agreements. This research note introduces a novel dataset on the role of federated entities in 2,077 environmental agreements. We …
View article: Do Greener Trade Agreements Call for Side-Payments?
Do Greener Trade Agreements Call for Side-Payments? Open
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) increasingly include environmental provisions. While the existing literature documents these provisions’ environmental impacts, this paper sheds light on their relation with aid flows. Using an event-sp…
View article: Massive Institutional Structures in Global Governance
Massive Institutional Structures in Global Governance Open
Global governance consists of elementary regimes that form regime complexes, which in turn give rise to what we call superclusters around broad policy domains. In recent years, scholars have explored what these macroscopic structures look …
View article: Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener? Open
Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are increasing in terms of their number and variety. The economic effects of these environmental provisions remain largely unclear. It is, therefore, necessary to determine w…
View article: Mapping the New Frontier of International IP Law: Introducing a TRIPs-plus Dataset
Mapping the New Frontier of International IP Law: Introducing a TRIPs-plus Dataset Open
This article introduces a new dataset on the intellectual property (IP) provisions included in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and makes it available for research and policy communities alike. Several PTAs include IP commitments that …
View article: What We Know (and Could Know) About International Environmental Agreements
What We Know (and Could Know) About International Environmental Agreements Open
Initiated in 2002, the International Environmental Agreements Data Base (IEADB) catalogs the texts, memberships, and design features of over 3,000 multilateral and bilateral environmental agreements. Using IEADB data, we create a comprehen…
View article: Structural Conditions for Novelty: The Introduction of New Environmental Clauses to the Trade Regime Complex
Structural Conditions for Novelty: The Introduction of New Environmental Clauses to the Trade Regime Complex Open
When do parties introduce novel clauses to a system of contracts or treaties?
\nWhile important research has investigated how clauses diffuse once introduced, few
\nempirical studies address their initial introduction. Drawing on network t…
View article: When Do International Treaties Matter for Domestic Environmental Legislation?
When Do International Treaties Matter for Domestic Environmental Legislation? Open
While thousands of international treaties have been concluded, it remains unclear whether they have been implemented. This article investigates the relationship between the conclusion of environment-related international treaties and the a…
View article: How environmental treaties contribute to global health governance
How environmental treaties contribute to global health governance Open
We conclude that the global environmental regime contributes significantly to the institutionalization of the global health regime, considering that the health regime includes itself very few treaties focusing primarily on health. When ref…
View article: Kick‐starting diffusion: Explaining the varying frequency of preferential trade agreements’ environmental provisions by their initial conditions
Kick‐starting diffusion: Explaining the varying frequency of preferential trade agreements’ environmental provisions by their initial conditions Open
Most recent preferential trade agreements ( PTA s) include environmental provisions. While a number of these environmental provisions remain rare and are incorporated in just a few PTA s, others are widely popular and are duplicated in mor…
View article: P056: Is lumbar puncture mandatory in the workup of infants 22 to 60 days old presenting to the emergency department with a fever without a source?
P056: Is lumbar puncture mandatory in the workup of infants 22 to 60 days old presenting to the emergency department with a fever without a source? Open
View article: Corrigendum to “Complex Systems and International Governance”
Corrigendum to “Complex Systems and International Governance” Open
View article: Forum: Complex Systems and International Governance
Forum: Complex Systems and International Governance Open
This collection of essays brings together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds, based on three continents, with different theoretical and methodological interests but all active on the topic of complex systems as applied to inter…
View article: Environmental Provisions in Trade Agreements: Defending Regulatory Space or Pursuing Offensive Interests?
Environmental Provisions in Trade Agreements: Defending Regulatory Space or Pursuing Offensive Interests? Open
View article: NAFTA 2.0: The Greenest Trade Agreement Ever?
NAFTA 2.0: The Greenest Trade Agreement Ever? Open
The renegotiation of what US President Trump called ‘the worst trade deal ever’ has resulted in the most detailed environmental chapter in any trade agreement in history. The USMCA mentions dozens of environmental issues that its predecess…