IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cog/poango/v11y2023i2p1-5.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The European Union as an Actor Navigating International Regime Complexes

Author

Listed:
  • Tom Delreux

    (Institute of Political Science Louvain‐Europe, University of Louvain, Belgium)

  • Joseph Earsom

    (Institute of Political Science Louvain‐Europe, University of Louvain, Belgium)

Abstract

Global governance in many domains is increasingly characterised by the existence of international regime complexes—i.e., sets of overlapping institutional fora taking up different aspects of a broader issue area. As an international actor, the EU faces a context of such international regime complexity. Yet, little is known about how the EU navigates international regime complexes and how regime complexes impact the EU’s behaviour in individual fora. This thematic issue, therefore, seeks to improve our understanding of how different manifestations of international regime complexes affect the EU as an international actor and to provide empirical insight into the ways actors like the EU navigate international regime complexes. In this editorial, we situate the thematic issue within the broader academic debates on the EU’s role in international regime complexity, argue for the need to study the EU as an actor therein, and provide an overview of the thematic issue’s objectives and the nine articles that comprise it.

Suggested Citation

  • Tom Delreux & Joseph Earsom, 2023. "The European Union as an Actor Navigating International Regime Complexes," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:1-5
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/6901
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Robert Kissack, 2023. "Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 17-28.
    2. Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni & Oliver Westerwinter, 2022. "The global governance complexity cube: Varieties of institutional complexity in global governance," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 233-262, April.
    3. Diana Panke & Sören Stapel, 2023. "Navigating Regional Regime Complexity: How and Why Does the European Union Cooperate With Regional Organizations?," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 97-108.
    4. Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik & Sandra Lavenex & Philipp Lutz, 2023. "Expanding, Complementing, or Substituting Multilateralism? EU Preferential Trade Agreements in the Migration Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 49-61.
    5. Raustiala, Kal & Victor, David G., 2004. "The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(2), pages 277-309, April.
    6. Benjamin Faude & Michal Parizek, 2021. "Contested multilateralism as credible signaling: how strategic inconsistency can induce cooperation among states," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 843-870, October.
    7. Kenneth W. Abbott & Benjamin Faude, 2022. "Hybrid institutional complexes in global governance," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 263-291, April.
    8. Abbott, Kenneth W. & Faude, Benjamin, 2022. "Hybrid institutional complexes in global governance," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 109882, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    9. Busch, Marc L., 2007. "Overlapping Institutions, Forum Shopping, and Dispute Settlement in International Trade," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 61(4), pages 735-761, October.
    10. Malte Brosig & Friedrich Plank & Yf Reykers, 2023. "Governance Through Regime Complexity: What Role for the EU in the African Security Regime Complex?," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 72-83.
    11. Amandine J. Orsini & Yi Hyun Kang, 2023. "European Leadership and European Youth in the Climate Change Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 84-96.
    12. Lucia Quaglia & Aneta Spendzharova, 2023. "Explaining the EU’s Uneven Influence Across the International Regime Complex in Shadow Banking," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 6-16.
    13. Megan Dee, 2023. "EU Orchestration in the Nuclear Weapons Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 39-48.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Matias E. Margulis, 2023. "Backdoor Bargaining: How the European Union Navigates the Food Aid Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 29-38.
    2. Amandine J. Orsini & Yi Hyun Kang, 2023. "European Leadership and European Youth in the Climate Change Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 84-96.
    3. Lucia Quaglia & Aneta Spendzharova, 2023. "Explaining the EU’s Uneven Influence Across the International Regime Complex in Shadow Banking," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 6-16.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni & Oliver Westerwinter, 2022. "The global governance complexity cube: Varieties of institutional complexity in global governance," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 233-262, April.
    2. Matias E. Margulis, 2023. "Backdoor Bargaining: How the European Union Navigates the Food Aid Regime Complex," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 29-38.
    3. James Hollway & Jean-Frédéric Morin & Joost Pauwelyn, 2020. "Structural conditions for novelty: the introduction of new environmental clauses to the trade regime complex," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 61-83, March.
    4. Robert Kissack, 2023. "Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 17-28.
    5. M. Rodwan Abouharb & David Cingranelli & Mikhail Filippov, 2019. "Too Many Cooks: Multiple International Principals Can Spoil the Quality of Governance," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-22, May.
    6. Hannah Murphy & Aynsley Kellow, 2013. "Forum Shopping in Global Governance: Understanding States, Business and NGOs in Multiple Arenas," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 4(2), pages 139-149, May.
    7. Thomas Gehring & Benjamin Faude, 2014. "A theory of emerging order within institutional complexes: How competition among regulatory international institutions leads to institutional adaptation and division of labor," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 9(4), pages 471-498, December.
    8. Todd Allee & Manfred Elsig, 2016. "Why do some international institutions contain strong dispute settlement provisions? New evidence from preferential trade agreements," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 89-120, March.
    9. Brigitte Weiffen & Leslie Wehner & Detlef Nolte, 2013. "Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 16(4), pages 370-389, December.
    10. Bernhard Reinsberg & Oliver Westerwinter, 2023. "Institutional Overlap in Global Governance and the Design of Intergovernmental Organizations," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 693-724, October.
    11. Bernhard Reinsberg & Oliver Westerwinter, 2021. "The global governance of international development: Documenting the rise of multi-stakeholder partnerships and identifying underlying theoretical explanations," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 59-94, January.
    12. Benjamin Faude & Michal Parizek, 2021. "Contested multilateralism as credible signaling: how strategic inconsistency can induce cooperation among states," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 843-870, October.
    13. Daniel Verdier, 2022. "Bargaining strategies for governance complex games," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 349-371, April.
    14. Anja Menzel, 2022. "Fragmentation or Effective Governance? The Regime Complex of Counter-Piracy in Asia," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(3), pages 80-89.
    15. Astrid Carrapatoso & Angela Geck, 2018. "Multiple Wins, Multiple Organizations—How to Manage Institutional Interaction in Financing Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-19, March.
    16. Jho, Whasun & Kim, Youngwan, 2022. "Regime complexity and state competition over Global Internet Governance," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(2).
    17. Lihua Zhang & Erhai Bai, 2023. "The Regime Complexes for Global Climate Governance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-16, June.
    18. Joel E. Smith & Johannes Urpelainen, 2017. "Removing fuel subsidies: How can international organizations support national policy reforms?," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 327-340, June.
    19. Liste, Philip, 2022. "Tax Robbery Incorporated: The transnational legal infrastructures of tax arbitrage," Global Cooperation Research Papers 30, University of Duisburg-Essen, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21).
    20. Reinsberg,Bernhard Wilfried & Michaelowa,Katharina & Knack,Stephen, 2015. "Which donors, which funds ? the choice of multilateral funds by bilateral donors at the World Bank," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7441, The World Bank.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cog:poango:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:1-5. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: António Vieira (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.