About Us

Nexus²⁵ - Shaping Multilateralism is a project carried out by IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali) in partnership with The Center for Climate and Security in Washington DC, a part of the Council on Strategic Risks and is funded by Stiftung Mercator.
The project aims to provide impulses for a sustainable multilateralism and to contribute to the renewal of outdated multilateral structures. Based on two case studies of complex crisis scenarios, namely, the Sahel and wider Mediterranean and South Asia, and with a particular thematic focus on the nexus between climate, migration, governance and sustainable security, it aims to contribute to a better understanding of the nature – and thus the collective action needs – of complex crises.
In particular, the project seeks to find out: Where exactly is the need for collective action in complex crises? How can networked multilateralism be conceived to address these challenges in collaboration with different actors (governments, civil society, academia, and the private sector)? How can isolated approaches to policy development and implementation be overcome to provide appropriate responses to multidimensional and interconnected challenges? In reflecting on these broader questions, the project will pay particular attention to the ways in which a renewed transatlantic partnership can strengthen overall multilateral governance of complex crises.