Vol 12, Issue 4, September 2021

The September 2021 issue of Global Policy includes research articles on, among others, global poverty commitments, liberal states' responses to COVID-19, UN peace operations and Chinese investment in Africa. There is also a special section entitled 'India-China Conflict and BRICS: Business as Usual?' edited by Raj Verma and Mihaela Papa and Policy Insights on the Quad, Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 and space debris. The issue concludes with a practitioner commentary on diplomacy's decline and adaptations during the pandemic.

Research Articles

The End of Global Poverty: Is the UN Sustainable Development Goal 1 (Still) Achievable? - Christopher Hoy and Andy Sumner

The International Authority Database - Michael Zürn, Alexandros Tokhi and Martin Binder

COVID-19 and Policy Responses by International Organizations: Crisis of Liberal International Order or Window of Opportunity? - Maria Josepha Debre and Hylke Dijkstra

The End of the Liberal World Order and the Future of UN Peace Operations: Lessons Learned - Katelyn Cassin and Benjamin Zyla

Making It Rain? Comparing the Determinants of Chinese and Western FDI Flows to Africa - David Landry

Equality and Equity in Emerging Multilateral Financial Institutions: The Case of the BRICS Institutions - Hang Luo and Lize Yang

Special Section India-China Conflict and BRICS: Business as Usual? edited by Raj Verma and Mihaela Papa

BRICS amidst India-China Rivalry - Raj Verma and Mihaela Papa

Age of Multilateralism: Why is BRICS Important despite Possible Weaknesses? A Perspective from Russia - Victoria V. Panova

In Spite of the Spite: An Indian View of China and India in BRICS - Sreeram Chaulia

A Chinese Perspective: Will China-India Friction Paralyze the BRICS? - Haibin Niu and Sheng Hong

Fit for Purpose? BRICS and Inner-Group Conflicts - Malte Brosig

Brazil and BRICS Multilateralism à la Carte: From Bilateralism to Community Interest - Karin Costa Vazquez

Scenarios for BRICS Evolution in Light of the India–China Conflict - Mihaela Papa and Raj Verma

Policy Insights

The Balance of Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific: BRI, Institutional Balancing, and Quad’s Policy Choices - Kai He

A Comprehensive Measure of Lifeyears Lost due to COVID-19 in 2020: A Comparison across Countries and with Past Disasters - Vu Nguyen Doan and Ilan Noy

Crafting Compliance Regime under COVID-19: Using Taiwan's Quarantine Policy as a Case Study - Wei-Ting Yen and Li-Yin Liu

Astro-Environmentalism: Towards a Polycentric Governance of Space Debris - Jean-Frédéric Morin and Benjamin Richard

Practitioner Commentary

COVID, Deglobalization and The Decline of Diplomacy: Could Tele-diplomacy Revitalize Diplomacy’s Capacity to Promote Consensus? - Juan-Luis Manfredi-Sánchez and Paul Webster Hare