ABSTRACT
Until recently, multilateralism and regionalism were seen as the preferred state strategies to promote global governance in a multipolar world. We claim that these strategies are failing, as multilateralism is replaced by minilateralism and regionalism is stalling or fragmenting. The emerging global structure can be defined loosely as multipolar. We illustrate our arguments with two examples: the quagmire of climate change negotiations, and the metamorphosis of regionalism in Latin America and Africa.
