Minilateralism

Susan Hannah Allen and Amy T. Yuen

Chapter 16 in Handbook on the Politics of International Agreements, 2026, pp 242-258 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: With recent shifts in great power politics, multilateral cooperation through traditional, formal international institutions has become more complicated and less likely. One alternative approach for achieving international cooperation is minilateralism. These small ad hoc groups offer flexibility, speed, and a greater sense of common purpose among the members. The global distribution of power and the range of issues demanding international cooperative solutions look vastly different in the early parts of the twenty-first century than they did in 1945, when many of the large formal institutions were established. Minilateral cooperation on both climate change and nuclear non-proliferation has offered the possible paths forward on tricky transnational issues, but at present these organizations seem more likely to serve as complements rather than substitutes for traditional international organizations.

Keywords: Minilateralism; Ad Hoc Multilateralism; Post-Hegemonic Cooperation; Non-Proliferation; Six Part Talks; The Joint Comprehensive Protocol of Action; JCPOA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035318582
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