Global Policy

2012 - 2026

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Volume 17, month 09, 2026

Is Bear Country a Country?: Imagining More‐Than‐Human Theory of International Relations pp. 538-552

Matthew Breay Bolton

The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity? pp. 553-565

Heikki Patomäki

A Transdisciplinary Policy Studies of Transnational Governance pp. 566-578

Diane Stone and Kim Moloney

Multilateral Diplomacy of Small States and Sub‐States. Applying Diverse Instruments for Thematic Diplomacy pp. 579-592

Axel Marx, Sophia Simon and Philip De Man

‘Having Your (Digital) Cake and Eating It’: Reconciling EU Strategic Narratives on Connectivity and Autonomy pp. 593-605

Flavia Lucenti, Celeste Bonnamy, Thomas Christiansen, Ville Sinkkonen and Sophie Vanhoonacker

Symbolism and Substance: How Geopolitics, Organisational Design, and Continental Coherence Shape Africa's Multilateral Reform Aspirations pp. 606-618

Ueli Staeger

Fragmented Global AI Governance? Chinese AI Leadership Dreams and Africa's Quest for Digital Autonomy pp. 619-631

Nele Noesselt

Chinese Loans and Africa's Agricultural Investment: A Bayesian Multilevel Modelling Analysis pp. 632-645

Adrino Mazenda

The BRICS in Russia's Post‐Ukraine War Status‐Seeking: Practical and Normative Challenges to the West pp. 646-657

Janko Šćepanović

Between Hedging and Bandwagoning: E3 and Iran's Nuclear Program From the JCPOA to the 2026 “Ramadan War” pp. 658-669

Mohammad Eslami

Five Principles for a New Economic Consensus pp. 670-682

Timothy Besley and Andrés Velasco

Geoeconomic Strategy: Bidenomics, Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and the Global Political Economy pp. 683-694

Stuart P. M. Mackintosh and Thierry Warin

The Turning Point That Didn't Turn: WTO MC14 and the Future of Global Trade pp. 695-702

Erin Hannah and James Scott

It's the Politics!—Global Trade Governance Beyond Technocracy pp. 703-713

Nora Kürzdörfer

The Weaponization of ESG Infrastructures and the Future of Green Finance pp. 714-722

Annika Stenström

Beyond Dualism: EU Policy Toward Central Asia Through Decarbonization, Problem Linkage, and Civil Society Engagement pp. 723-733

Morena Skalamera

Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests pp. 734-743

Brendan Walker‐Munro and Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann

Aeropeace: Imagining Positive Peace in European Airspace pp. 744-751

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

Governing Interdependence: An Adaptive Approach to Science and Technology Diplomacy pp. 752-763

Miguel Fuentes and Diego Lawler

Cautionary Tales for Science‐Based Policy in Deep‐Sea Mining Governance pp. 764-772

Lucía Villar‐Muñoz

Why Post‐COVID 19 Inflation in Europe Was a Monetary Phenomenon and What Policymakers Should Learn pp. 773-777

Daniel Rodríguez‐Asensio and Ana M. López‐García

Jürgen Habermas: A Life of Engagement, From the Nazi Götterdämmerung to the Current Catastrophe pp. 778-784

Thomas Ehrlich Reifer

Indonesia's ‘Layered Incoherence’: A Response to Moch Faisal Karim pp. 785-787

Fred H. Lawson, Aswin Ariyanto Azis and Matteo Legrenzi

Volume 17, month 08, 2026

Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy pp. S4-S11

Corneliu Bjola and Markus Kornprobst

EU Space Governance at the Threshold of a New Era pp. S4-S8

Philip De Man and Jan Wouters

Incremental Shifts, Strategic Orbits: The Evolution of EU Space Policy Through Gradual Security Linkages pp. S9-S21

Gustavo G. Müller and Philip De Man

Sharing the Same Playground? An Analysis of the Private Sector's Role in Tech Diplomacy pp. S12-S21

Katharina E. Höne

The Dual‐Use Conundrum of the Lisbon Treaty Regarding Space Governance: Solutions Through International Legal Interpretation? pp. S22-S33

Charlie J. P. Bennett

China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty pp. S22-S33

Zhao Alexandre Huang and Xiang Meng

Tech Diplomacy and the Digital International Order: The Case of the EU–U.S. Trade and Technology Council pp. S34-S44

Corneliu Bjola and Raluca Csernatoni

EU Space Law and Earth's Boundaries: Integrating Environmental Impact Assessment and Corporate Due Diligence pp. S34-S45

Elena Cirkovic and Vitali Braun

A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy pp. S45-S55

Ilan Manor

The EU Space Act's Global Reach: Legal Considerations on the Envisaged Application to Non‐EU Operators pp. S46-S52

Ingo Baumann and Katharina Prall

Multiplying Elements of Fragmentation? Polycentrism, the Launcher Crisis and the Future of Europe in Space pp. S53-S60

Nina Klimburg‐Witjes and Joseph Popper

Rendezvous in Space: Tech Diplomacy and the Commercial Space Era—A Study of Rendezvous and Docking Technologies and Space Exploration Co‐Operation Since the Cold War pp. S56-S67

Nikita Chiu and Markus Kornprobst

New Challenges for European Space Industrial Policy pp. S61-S70

Sara Dalledonne, Justine Dousset and Marco Aliberti

Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy pp. S68-S76

Eugenio V. Garcia

Volume 17, month 07, 2026

The Evolving Nature of Digital Authoritarianism: Theory, Technologies and Responses pp. S4-S9

Stefano Ruzza, Kenddrick Chan and Chris Alden

Looking Through the Looking‐Glass: Digital Authoritarianism in (Regulated) Practice pp. S10-S23

Lorraine Charbonnier

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa pp. S24-S35

Tin Hinane El Kadi

Tales of Cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence: Diverging Stakeholderships? pp. S36-S44

Johan Eriksson and Giampiero Giacomello

Does AI Affect the Democratic Conduct of War? Analyzing US and Israeli Military AI Deployment pp. S45-S56

Alessandra Russo

Reforming Export Control Regimes: Addressing Emerging Technologies Through Responsible Innovation pp. S57-S66

Stella Blumfelde

Countering FIMI by Digital Authoritarianisms: Audience Architecture and Reverse Language Engineering pp. S67-S82

Michelangelo Conoscenti

Securing Democracy: Online Political Advertising Regulations and Practices in the EU and its Member States pp. S83-S100

Enea Fiore, Antonella Seddone and Daniela R. Piccio

Mitigating Disinformation with Civic Constitutionalism: The Case Study of Taiwan pp. S101-S114

Wen‐Chen Chang and Yu‐teng Lin

Volume 17, month 06, 2026

A Year of Global Disorder: Where is Global Policy? pp. 450-452

Rob Hanson, Aasim Khan, Jessica Eastland‐Underwood and Natalie Braun

From Stalemate to Launch? Explaining the Delayed Establishment of the SCODB pp. 453-464

Gefan Zhu, Tianyu Luo and Yunxuan Chen

Financing Multipolarity: The New Development Bank and the Expansion of BRICS Influence pp. 465-474

Rafael Voigtel

Evolving Beyond the Brussels Effect: EU Digital Diplomacy and the Broadening of External Digital Strategy pp. 475-486

Zhe Ma

Tagging the Emirate: Language, Coordination and the Taliban's Digital Pursuit of Legitimacy pp. 487-497

Hannah Oates

Emerging Scholars on Emerging Technologies in International Security: Introduction to Part 2 pp. 498-499

Anna Nadibaidze and Ingvild Bode

Governance of AI and by AI: Feedback Loops, Regime Variation and Reflexive Polycentric Control pp. 500-505

Jan Kleiner

Cruising Together: How the Europeans Tipped the Scales for the Ground‐Launched Cruise Missile pp. 506-511

Tim Thies

Green Equals Green? The Divergent Policy Logics of Climate and Biodiversity Governance pp. 512-522

Florian Zenglein

Fractured Promises: Developing Countries and the Global Contestation of the $100 Billion Climate Finance Pledge pp. 523-534

Serge Silatsa Nanda and Moch Faisal Karim

Volume 17, month 05, 2026

Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations pp. 178-188

Christin Heinz‐Fischer and Elin Lerum Boasson

A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives pp. 189-199

Huw Roberts, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi

Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC pp. 200-209

Sara Bazoobandi

FDI in Services: How Data Provisions Are Shaping the New Global Economy pp. 210-229

Carmen Díaz‐Mora, Erena García‐López and Belén Gonzalez‐Díaz

Reforming International Investment Treaty Practice: Comparing Policy Innovation in Australia and Uruguay pp. 230-245

Dori Patay, Gastón Ares, Gerónimo Brunet and Anne Marie Thow

Switching Sides: Diplomatic Recognition, Trade Realignment, and Democratic Resilience in the Taiwan–China Divide pp. 246-258

Mitchell Gallagher

Rationality Patterns in Export Promotion Organizations pp. 259-273

Aline Tanno, Kuno Schedler, Andreas Klasen, Simona Casasola and Vera Hauser

Export Credit Agencies and the Privilege of Wealth in Global Value Chain Participation pp. 274-290

Michael Creighton, Helena Barnard, Matthew Sterne and Brendon Wolff‐Piggott

Effect of S&D Flexibilities in WTO Rules on the Least Developed Countries' Participation in Global Value Chains pp. 291-301

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

Sustainable Happiness or Exploitative Happiness? A Global Justice Perspective on Cross‐Border Spillover Effects pp. 302-325

Chong‐Wen Chen

Responsible Accountability? Multi‐Stakeholder Partnerships, Sustainable Development and Global Health pp. 326-337

Matteo De Donà and Kristina Jönsson

Assessing Ill‐Being and Economic Stress: Negative Inputs and Civil Society in Europe pp. 338-352

Charles‐Henri DiMaria

Temporary Voices in Permanent Halls: Institutionalized Decoupling in United Nations Consultant Employment pp. 353-364

Tianhan Gui and Bo Jia

Justice Across Generations: Rethinking Reciprocity Under Conditions of Uncertainty pp. 365-373

Valentina Gentile and Fiammetta Sacconi

Reciprocity, Duties between Age Groups and Demographic Change pp. 374-382

Axel Gosseries

Justice Between Coexisting Generations: Birth Cohorts or Age Groups? pp. 383-392

Anna Elisabetta Galeotti

Justice as Reciprocity and Future Generations pp. 393-401

Christie Hartley

Revisiting Ontology to Reshape Transgenerational Justice: A Framework for Vertical Justice in Democratic Societies pp. 402-410

Tiziana Andina

Chinese Development Finance and Debt Crises in the Global South pp. 411-422

Rebecca Ray, Kevin P. Gallagher, Zheng Zhai, Marina Zucker‐Marques and Yan Liang

Pivot to Asia, Europe or the Homeland? 18 Years of US Foreign Military Sales pp. 423-432

Juan Mejino‐López, Javier Ospital and Guntram Wolff

The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database) pp. 433-445

Kevin Parthenay and Petra Godoy

Volume 17, month 02, 2026

Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations pp. 4-12

Hylke Dijkstra

Re‐Imagining Middle Powers in an Age of Global Transformation pp. S5-S13

Soon‐Ok Shin, Chris Alden and Richard Higgott

Lowest Common Denominator: Explaining Multilateral Bargaining Over Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Regulation pp. 13-35

Johannes Geith

Norwegian Blues? Rethinking the Idea of Middle Powers in an Era of Fuzzy Bifurcation pp. S14-S22

Kim Richard Nossal

An Ontological Security Interpretation of Global South Middle Powers' Non‐Alignment in the Ukrainian War pp. S23-S32

Marco Vieira

Brokering Peace: Emerging Middle Powers, Agency and Mediation pp. S33-S44

Buğra Süsler and Chris Alden

Public Trust in Global AI Governance Across Geopolitical Rivals pp. 36-46

Xiaojun Li

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power pp. S45-S54

Garth L. le Pere

“Research Security” in Germany and the United States: Shifting Governance of Scientific Collaboration Under Geopolitical Pressure pp. 47-57

Nicolas V. Rüffin, Katharina C. Cramer, Maximilian Mayer and Philip J. Nock

Layered Incoherence in Middle Power Foreign Policy: Indonesia and the U.S.‐China Rivalry pp. S55-S64

Moch Faisal Karim

Active Yet Cautious: How Middle States Navigate Status in the Universal Periodic Review pp. 58-70

Chun‐Young Park

Malaysia's Ambivalent Middle Power Status: A Global South Perspective From a Reconceptualised Geoeconomics pp. S65-S74

Helen E. S. Nesadurai

Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China's BRI and the EU's Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe pp. 71-80

Tanja A. Börzel, Julia Langbein, Lunting Wu and Valentin Krüsmann

Australia and the Path Not Taken: The Declining Independence and Influence of Middle Powers pp. S75-S83

Mark Beeson

Terrorism and U.S. and Chinese Overseas Foreign Direct Investment in the Developing World pp. 81-93

Kelan (Lilly) Lu, Glen Biglaiser and Lance Y. Hunter

Status Politics: The Changing Meanings and Practices of South Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy pp. S84-S93

Yong Wook Lee

Private Network Realignment: State Strategies Versus Market‐Driven Globalization in the Subsea Cable Network pp. 94-106

Joscha Abels

The Puzzle of South Korea's Foreign Policy: Can You Have It All? pp. S94-S98

Michael Reiterer

Should Green Industrial Policy Be Technology Neutral? pp. 107-121

Emma Aisbett, Wenting Cheng, Ralf Steinhauser and Fiona Beck

Foreign Aid at a Crossroads: How Funding Cuts Reshape Global Development Cooperation pp. 122-133

Steffi Hamann

Development Lending and Debt Discipline: The Political Economy of External Finance in Brazil pp. 134-144

Benjamin Vidmar and Felipe Krause

Contemporary Challenges and Relevance of the Transboundary River Management Regimes in South Asia pp. 145-156

Rahul M. Lad and Ravindra G. Jaybhaye

Toxic Lead Pigment Exports From Rich to Poor Countries pp. 157-167

Rory Todd, Lee Crawfurd and Rachel Bonnifield

Can the United Nations Avoid the Fate of the League of Nations?: Why Bold Reform May be the Only Option pp. 168-173

Kristinn Sv. Helgason