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Multilateral Responses to Great Power Competition
Dr Joel Ng Research Fellow and Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies
Dr Joel Ng
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The Post-World War 2 liberal international order (LIO) was lauded for its inclusivity. However, pressures from rising powers are pushing the US towards a more exclusive order. Regions that thrived under the LIO face challenges adapting to this shift, marked by lines like 'democracies vs autocracies,' 'strategic autonomy vs spheres of influence,' and US-China confrontation. While the typology of choice frameworks at the nation-state level of analysis have clear frameworks (balancing, bandwagoning, hedging), the aggregation of interests at the multilateral level is more complex amid growing exclusionary competition. This project deploys comparative analysis of regional organizations to theorize how multilateral logics may evolve under conditions of increasing competition and confrontation.
| Theme: | Regionalism and Multilateralism |
| Region: | Global |
| Entity: | CMS |
