In the last century, the world has entered an era of multilateralism where coalitions of states collaborate on myriad issues, creating a framework of global governance and pursuing collective action to address transnational issues. As events like the COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated, a crisis in one country has the potential to spread throughout the world, causing global upheaval. Mitigating these crises in the short term is critical. However, multilateral efforts to rebuild and reform global institutions “after the dust has settled” are just as important.
Volume 44, Issue 1 of The SAIS Review of International Affairs is now available from Project Muse here.
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