The rise of new powers such as China and India is sending shockwaves through the global multilateral system. Yet, not every multilateral institution is affected in the same way and many institutions have developed different responses to the global power shift. This volume is the first to systematically examine these different responses. It looks in detail at 13 multilateral institutions ranging from exclusive Western clubs (NATO, OECD, IEA, IASB, and G8) over global institutions in which rising powers are deprived of equal decision-making power (UN Security Council, IMF, and World Bank) to global institutions in which rising powers have equal decision-making power (WTO, WIPO, UNFCCC, CBD, and the G20). The contributors offer an interpretation of why some institutions are proving highly resilient thanks to the innovative outreach and reform activities they deploy, while others have more troubles to adapt as they become paralyzed by gridlock or even retreat from the global scene.

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions: Analytical Framework and Findings; Dries Lesage and Thijs Van de Graaf 2. The State of the Art: Studying the Rising Powers and Multilateral Organizations; Gregory T. Chin PART II: EXCLUSIVE WESTERN CLUBS 3. Rising Powers, Rising Europe, and the Future of NATO; Sven Biscop 4. From ‘Club of the Rich’ to ‘Globalization à la Carte’? Evaluating Reform at the OECD; Judith Clifton and Daniel Diaz-Fuentes 5. The IEA, the New Energy Order, and the Future of Global Energy Governance; Thijs Van de Graaf 6. Rising Powers and Transnational Private Governance: The International Accounting Standards Board; Andreas Nölke 7. Going Global: The G8’s Adaptation to Rising Powers; John J. Kirton PART III: GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS, UNEQUAL GOVERNANCE 8. The United Nations Security Council: The Challenge of Reform; Madeleine O. Hosli and Thomas Dörfler 9. Rising Powers and IMF Governance Reform; Dries Lesage, Peter Debaere, Sacha Dierckx and Mattias Vermeiren 10. Protecting Power: How Western States Retain Their Dominant Voice in the World Bank’s Governance; Robert H. Wade and Jakob Vestergaard PART IV: GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS, EQUAL GOVERNANCE 11. China as a System Preserving Power in the WTO; James Scott and Rorden Wilkinson 12. Tigers and Dragons at the World Intellectual Property Organization; Jean-Frédéric Morin and Sara Bannerman 13. Rising Powers in Global Climate Governance: Negotiating Inside and Outside the UNFCCC; Sander Happaerts 14. Emerging Countries and the Convention on Biological Diversity; Amandine Orsini and Rozenn Nakanabo Diallo 15. The G20 and Rising Powers: An Innovative But Awkward Form of Multilateralism; Andrew Cooper