The packed November 2025 edition of Global Policy contains research articles on, among others, investment treaties, carbon pricing, China–EU climate and environmental cooperation, the UNSC, digital diplomacy, nuclear deterrence and clothing tariffs . Its policy analysis covers topics ranging from environmental governance and data centres to conflict mitigation and import dependency.
Research Article
Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs? - Kyla Tienhaara, Harro van Asselt and Peter Newell
The Architecture of Global Carbon Pricing Governance: Institutions, Functions and Policy Pathways - Daniel Muth, Mathieu Blondeel and Philipp Pattberg
The Winding Road of Carbon Pricing onto the Political Agenda in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire - Charlotte Debeuf and Katja Biedenkopf
Dialog for the Sake of Dialog: Obstacles to China–EU Climate and Environmental Cooperation - Barbara Pongratz and Wiebke Rabe
Shaping Sustainable Finance? European Engagement With the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's Energy Strategy - Matteo Cianforlini
Global Spillovers Between Sustainable and Traditional ETFs: Crisis Dynamics and Policy Implications - Vítor Manuel de Sousa Gabriel, María Belén Lozano, Maria Fernanda Ludovina Inácio Matias, Maria Elisabete Neves and Sandra Cristina Francisco Rebelo
International Bureaucracies as Constrained Entrepreneurs: The Budget Crisis of the OSCE - Cornelius Friesendorf and Ronny Patz
Problem-Solving by Low-Authority International Organizations: ECOWAS' COVID-19 Response - Kilian Spandler, Fredrik Söderbaum and Gustavo Cadenas Delascio
Multilateralism at a Crossroads: Rethinking UK Status and Influence at the UN Security Council - Thomas Peak and Samuel Jarvis
A Comparative Analysis of United States and European Union Digital Diplomacy in India - Stefano Greco
Costly Concessions: Insights From 78 Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Provisions in Peace Agreements - Julia Palik
Third or “Second and a Half”? Continuity, Path Dependence, and the Third Nuclear Age - Jan Ludvik
False Twins: Intergenerational Injustice in Nuclear Deterrence and Climate Inaction - Franziska Stärk
Globalization and State Autonomy: The Case of Ethiopia 1991–2018 - Solomon Ashagrie and Dena Freeman
Translation Is n-Way, not One-Way: Tracing Textual Pathways of Global Policy Into Local in Ethiopia - Tesfamichael Alaro Agago
Global to Local: Translation of UN Women's Gender Responsive Budgeting Framework Into Municipalities in Türkiye - Yelda Yucel, Burcu Yakut-Cakar, Ayşegul Yakar-Onal and Gulay Gunluk-Senesen
Supreme Audit Institutions Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals: A Subnational Case Study From Brazil - Guilherme Bride Fernandes, Roquemar de Lima Baldam, Lourenço Costa, Maria Aparecida Farias de Souza Nogueira and Thalmo de Paiva Coelho Junior
Fragmented Governance in the Belt and Road Initiative: Aligning Policy With SDGs 8 and 9 - Haisheng Hu and Jernej Pikalo
The Evolving “Importance” of Social and Governance Measures Over Time - Mohamed Htitich, Jaromír Harmáček and Petra Krylova
The Business of Pandemic Intelligence: Implications for Global Health Governance - Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng
Smart-Mix or Stupid Assurances? How Businesses Used Voluntary Initiatives to (De)Legitimize Supply Chain Regulation - Maria-Therese Gustafsson, Tim Bartley, Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel and John Murray
Gender Discrimination in Global Clothing Tariffs - James Scott
The Impact of Due Diligence Legislation on International Trade and Business: Analysis of Potential Trade-Offs - Peter Draper, Andreas Freytag, Naoise McDonagh and Matthias Menter
Policy Analysis
Too Complex to Fail: The Stability of Global Environmental Governance Beyond Hegemony - Jean-Frédéric Morin and Rakhyun E. Kim
In Search of a Plan B: Like-Minded Internationalism and the Future of Global Development - Len Ishmael, Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner
Data Centers in Ireland and Singapore: Entrepreneurial Strategies and Environmental Management in Small States - Rory Miller, Fahad Al-Marri and Joshua E. Rigg
Managing Import Dependency Risks in Contexts of Polycrises: The Case of Jordan - Sara Ashour, Jonas Luckmann and Christiane Fröhlich
Operationalizing Science and Technology Initiatives for Conflict Mitigation: A Strategic Framework - Lee E. Voth-Gaeddert, Mia Peterson and Douglas Momberg
Expression of Concern
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Nigeria's Value-Driven and Pragmatic Indifferent Stance
