IOs and Integration

Managing the Global Commons

Who’s Running the World?

• Governments?

• IOs?

• Corporations?

• Civil Society?

States and Multilateralism

• States are still central

– Cooperation vs. competition

• Multilateralism matters

– Sometimes because states act together

– Sometimes because IOs are making the rules

Corporations and Civil Society

• Affect state preferences and policy

• Sometimes integrated into IOs

• Both want government to work

– Clear regulation

– Provision of infrastructure