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Jun 18, 2024 | 
theglobalobservatory.org | Max-otto Baumann |Sebastian Haug
The United Nations (UN) had a record income of USD 74 billion in 2022 (the last year for which complete numbers are available). That is almost double what it was a decade earlier. Yet, instead of celebrations, the current UN financing year began with a letter by the UN Secretary-General warning member states of an “accelerating liquidity crisis” in the UN Secretariat.
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May 24, 2024 | 
idos-research.de | Sebastian Haug |Max-otto Baumann
Power shifts in international organisations: China at the United Nations Haug, Sebastian / Rosemary Foot / Max-Otto Baumann Externe Publikationen (2024) in: Global Policy 15 (S2) Special Issue, 5-17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13368 Open access The People's Republic of China is central to current debates about power shifts in international organisations, but a systematic and comprehensive assessment of China-related shifts has been missing.
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May 24, 2024 | 
idos-research.de | Sebastian Haug |Laura Waisbich
Comprehensive power shifts in the making: China's policy transfer partnerships with the United Nations Haug, Sebastian / Laura Trajber Waisbich Externe Publikationen (2024) in: Global Policy 15 (S2) Special Issue, 62-73 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13360 Open access China and the United Nations (UN) have set up a growing number of partnerships to transfer Chinese domestic development policies across the South.
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May 24, 2024 | 
idos-research.de | Max-otto Baumann |Sebastian Haug |Silke Weinlich
From developing country to superpower?
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May 23, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sebastian Haug |Sustainability Bonn Germany |Laura Waisbich
China–UN policy transfer partnerships suggest that China's multifaceted exercise of power can unfold beyond contestations observed in the UN human rights or peace and security fields. Member states and UN entities should pay attention to how China provides less financial resources through trust funds than Northern donors but exercises more direct control over the use of these funds.
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May 23, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sebastian Haug |Sustainability Bonn Germany |Max-otto Baumann
1 CHINA, THE UN AND SHIFTS IN POWER: AN INTRODUCTION Changing power constellations among states have been an integral feature of academic research and policy discussions on international organisations and global politics (Acharya, 2018; Gilpin, 1981; Goddard, 2018; Hurrell, 2013; Tammen et al., 2000). A major cause of the renewed attention to international shifts in power has been the resurgence of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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May 23, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Max-otto Baumann |Sustainability Bonn Germany |Sebastian Haug |Silke Weinlich
China should assume greater responsibility in the UN development pillar, in particular by providing voluntary funding in line with its economic abilities. While China has considerable potential to co-shape the programmatic orientation of UN development work, Southern member states need to make sure that their interests and ownership in China-led multilateral processes are respected.
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May 16, 2024 | 
idos-research.de | Max-otto Baumann |Sebastian Haug
Universality in action: why and how United Nations development work should engage with high-income countries Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug Discussion Paper 5/2024 Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) ISBN: 978-3-96021-230-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.23661/idp5.2024 Preis: 6 € This Discussion Paper makes the case for universality in United Nations (UN) development work.
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May 8, 2024 | 
idos-research.de | Sebastian Haug
Mutual legitimation attempts: the United Nations and China's Belt and Road Initiative Haug, Sebastian Externe Publikationen (2024) in: International Affairs, 100 (3), 1207-1230 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae020 Open access The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a hallmark of China's global rise.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
idos-research.de | Sebastian Haug
Triangular cooperation with the Arab region: policies, perspectives and practices of DAC members
Haug, Sebastian
Externe Publikationen (2023)
in: United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (2023), Print/Online
Volltext/Full text
Triangular cooperation has become an increasingly popular development partnership modality.
