Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on Contributors

pp v-v

Preface

pp vi-vi

1 - Bridging the Gap between Role Theory and Comparative International Organization Research

pp 1-28

Part I - Challenges to the Liberal International Order

pp 29-30

2 - Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation: The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order

pp 31-48

3 - The Roles of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during Global Crises: Preferences of Illiberal Powers and Functioning of an Authoritarian International Organization

pp 49-67

4 - A Liberal International Organization with an Illiberal Core? Eurasian Economic Union and International Crises in Eurasia

pp 68-88

Part II - Global Health Crises

pp 89-90

5 - Organization of African Unity/African Union Roles in Two Global Health Crises

pp 91-108

6 - Community Norms and Crisis: Changing Roles of Regional Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

pp 109-126

7 - Role Conflicts, the Principal-Agent Problem and the Future of the World Health Organization

pp 127-144

Part III - Climate Crises and (Un-)Related Migration

pp 145-146

8 - The UN Climate Secretariat’s Dual Crises

pp 147-166

9 - The Roles of International and Regional Organizations during the South American Migration Crisis

pp 167-182

10 - From ‘Glorified Travel Agency’ to ‘the UN Migration Agency’: The International Organization for Migration’s Changing Policy Roles in Times of Crisis

pp 183-202

Part IV - Conclusion

pp 203-204

11 - International Organizations’ Roles in the Wake of Global Crises: Patterns, Drivers and Effects

pp 205-221

Index

pp 222-229