Confronted with changing global power structures and competing concepts of global order, the series shows that rules-based multilateral cooperation remains necessary and possible in order to tackle the many global challenges we face. Based on longer-term trends, the articles explain in which direction joint global problem-solving can develop in selected areas. PREFACELIST OF FIGURES AND TABLESLIST OF ABBREVIATIONSINTRODUCTION: Common Ground amid Difference: Multilateral Cooperation for People and Planet (Cornelia Ulbert)GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Strengthening a Human-Centred Transformation: Rules for the Digital World (Cornelia Ulbert)PEACE AND SECURITY: From Liberal Peace to Stabilization? The Future of Multilateral Peace Operations (Christof Hartmann)GLOBAL ECONOMY: Catching Up, Pushing Back: The Politics of Due Diligence in Global Value Chain Regulation (Christian Scheper and Markus Ciesielski)ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Bridging Divides: Water Diplomacy as a Tool for Conflict Transformation (Marcus Kaplan)LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINDEX Cornelia Ulbert is the Executive Director of the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) at the University of Duisburg-Essen.Marcus Kaplan is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Development and Peace (sef:) in Bonn.
