Bridging the Gap between Role Theory and Comparative International Organization Research – Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs

PART I: Challenges to the Liberal International Order

2. Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation: The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order – Rikard Bengtsson

3. The Roles of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during Global Crises: Preferences of Illiberal Powers and Functioning of an Authoritarian International Organization – Sebastian Harnisch and Asaf Alibegović

4. A Liberal International Organization with an Illiberal Core? Eurasian Economic Union and International Crises in Eurasia – Alexander Libman

PART II: Global Health Crises

5. Organization of African Unity/African Union Roles in Two Global Health Crises – John F. Clark

6. Community Norms and Crisis: Changing Roles of Regional Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Laura von Allwörden and Maria Debre

7. Role Conflicts, the Principal-Agent Problem and the Future of the World Health Organization – Jeremy Youde

PART III: Climate Crises and (Un-)Related Migration

8. The UN Climate Secretariat’s Dual Crises – Amy Below

9. The Roles of International and Regional Organizations during the South American Migration Crisis – Leslie Wehner

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

PART IV: Conclusion

11: International Organizations’ Roles in the Wake of Global Crises: Patterns, Drivers and Effects – Diana Panke and Gordon M. Friedrichs

Gordon M. Friedrichs is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.