International Regime Complexity

How is the overlapping
non-hierarchical nature
of international institutions
in itself shaping  of politics?
This work considers how
international regime complexity
shapes politics within and
across international institutions.

In addition to publishing on international regime complexity as a theoretical matter, my work on global capitalism and law explains how global economic law is a regime complex that includes multilateral institutions, bi-lateral agreements and private contracting.  I have also investigated how international legal systems are (sometimes) part of a regime complex. Work in progress investigates how adding institutions that address global health has impacted the World Health Organization, and how global institutions regulating trade and money impact each other.

Select publications

The Promise and Perils of Theorizing International Regime Complexity in an Evolving World, Review of International Organization 17(2): 375-96. 2022

Comprehending Global Governance: International Regime Complexity v. Global Constitutionalism“, Global Constitutionalism 9 (2) 413-423. 2020

The Rise of International Regime Complexity, with Kal Raustiala. Annual Review of Law and Social Sciences, 14:18.1–18.21, 2018.

“The Politics of International Regime Complexity.” With Sophie Meunier  Perspectives on Politics 7 (1), 2009: 13-24.

“Banana Splits: Nested and Competing Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute.” With Sophie Meunier.  Journal of European Public Policy 13 (3):362-382. 2006.