UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Regional Solutions for Global and Local Problems

Researching and improving cooperation within and between different levels of governance.

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Essays on Global Regionalism

Essays on Global Regionalism is an open-access, two-volume collection of ~100 essays exploring how regions shape world politics and governance.
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UNU-CRIS is Contributing to the International Week 2026: Universities as Global Actors for Peace

Nidhi Nagabhatla, will deliver the keynote address titled "Universities as Global Actors for Peace" during the opening of International Week 2026.

23 Mar 2026

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UNU-CRIS Senior Research Fellow, Nidhi Nagabhatla, featured on TRT World segment titled “War on Iran Sparks Fears of Environmental Disaster"

Nidhi Nagabhatla provided insight into the environmental implications of the 2026 Hormuz attacks.

23 Mar 2026

13DS Quito 2

14th Doctoral School on Latin American, European and Comparative Regionalism

Learn from leading academics and develop your research projects at this week-long programme, held in Quito, Ecuador.
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UNU-CRIS Explains

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Policy Brief

80 Years of Structural Crisis in Multilateralism With Deep Contradictions Still Unresolved

This policy brief warns that UN power imbalances and nationalism threaten its legitimacy, and argues for UNSC reform and systemic modernisation.

31 Jan 2026

Policy Brief

Beyond Integration: UNU-CRIS’s Multidimensional Approach to Global Regionalism

This Brief is based on the author's intervention at the UNU-CRIS 25th Anniversary Roundtable on the Past, Present and Future of Regionalism Studies.

11 Dec 2025