Click here to listen to the episode on Ausha! New forms of cooperation are emerging, and countries are increasingly turning to smaller, more flexible alliances to navigate uncertainty. In this new landscape, partnerships between like-minded actors matter more than ever, and the relationship between the European Union and Japan is a key example of this. […]
NAVIGATOR publishes its second round of working papers and its first policy brief
We are pleased to announce the publication of our second round of working papers and our first policy brief, offering new research and policy insights into how the European Union navigates today’s increasingly complex and fragmented global governance landscape. The second round of NAVIGATOR publications includes: EU in Global Digital and Cyber Governance: Leads and […]
Blog post – The End of Multilateralism as We Know It? Assessing Current Trends in International Security
Authors: Malte Brosig (WITS), John Karlsrud (NUPI), Cristiana Maglia (NUPI), Yf Reykers (UM) Published in February 2025 International security cooperation is undergoing a profound transformation. Institutions that once structured collective responses to crises are increasingly constrained by geopolitical rivalry, declining effectiveness and growing legitimacy challenges. The NAVIGATOR working paper The end of multilateralism as we know it? Assessing current trends in international […]
Blog post – Mapping the Migration Governance Arena
Author: Chloé Brière (ULB) Published in February 2025 Migration governance has expanded well beyond a small set of international organisations. It now takes shape through a dense and evolving web of global and regional processes, thematic platforms, informal dialogues and ad hoc initiatives. This growing institutional diversity makes cooperation more flexible, but also harder to navigate […]
Blog post – The Institutional Landscape of Global Health Governance: The Role of Team Europe
Authors: Alexandros Kentikelenis (Bocconi), Leonard Seabrooke (CBS) Published in February 2025 Global health governance has never been more visible, yet it has rarely been more complex. International organisations, public–private partnerships, philanthropic foundations, and governments interact through dense funding relationships and layered decision-making structures. The COVID-19 pandemic brought this institutional ecosystem into sharper focus, but the system has been evolving […]
Blog post – The Institutional Landscape of Global Digitalisation Governance
Authors: Lars Gjesvik (NUPI), Eneken Tikk (TalTech) Published in February 2025 Digital technologies increasingly shape economies, societies, and geopolitics. Yet global governance has not evolved around a single, coherent framework. Instead, digitalisation governance has expanded into a crowded institutional landscape spanning cybersecurity, data, emerging technologies, standards, human rights online, trade, and development finance. The NAVIGATOR […]
Blog post – Global Governance of Carbon Pricing
Authors: Daniel Muth, Mathieu Blondeel, Philipp Pattberg (all three VU) Published in February 2025 Climate change governance has become one of the most complex areas of international cooperation. While multilateral institutions remain central to global climate action, they no longer operate alone. Instead, climate governance now unfolds across a hybrid arena made up of formal […]
Blog post – Regional Organizations, Global Governance, and the EU
Authors: Ole Jacob Sending (NUPI), Malte Brosig (WITS), Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI), Piki Ish-Shalom (HUJI), John Karlsrud (NUPI), Cristiana Maglia (NUPI), Elisa Lopez Lucia (ULB) Published in February 2025 As global governance becomes increasingly fragmented, regional organizations are gaining renewed attention. While they cannot replace global institutions such as the UN or the IMF, regional […]
Democratic backsliding, illiberal regimes and international cooperation under pressure – Ottawa – Episode 6
Click here to listen to the episode on Ausha! The international system faces its gravest crisis in decades. As global democracy retreats, authoritarian regimes actively challenge established international rules and norms. This episode asks: Which institutions are worth saving in this “burning house” of cooperation? We analyse the paralysis of the UN Security Council and NATO’s struggle […]
NAVIGATOR and sister project ENSURED join forces in Brussels
How can the European Union better support multilateral cooperation in a world marked by geopolitical rivalry? This question brought together researchers from the Horizon Europe projects NAVIGATOR and ENSURED for a two-day academic workshop in Brussels on 18-19 November. Hosted at the Maastricht University Brussels Hub, the event convened 19 scholars to collaboratively refine 14 […]