Exceptional times call for exceptional measures—this formula is all too familiar in the domestic setting. Governments have often played loose with their state's constitution in the name of warding off an urgent threat. But after decades of increasing interconnectedness and emerging transnational governance, today one sees new forms of emergency politics that are cross-border in range. From the European Union to the World Health Organization, from supranational institutions to state governments acting in concert, the logic of emergency is embraced in international contexts, with Covid-19 the latest occasion. This Forum offers an entry-point into this emerging phenomenon. Taking as its point of departure two recent books, it examines the origins, forms, effects and normative stakes of emergency politics beyond the state. Among the matters discussed are the concept of emergency politics, the historical context of its contemporary forms, the patterns of decision-making associated with it, the implications for the legitimacy of transnational institutions, and the constitutional and political ways in which it might be contained. Transnational emergency politics seems likely to remain a central feature of the coming years, and our aim is to further its study in international relations.

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全球化后的紧急政治

特殊时期需要特殊措施——这个公式在国内环境中再熟悉不过了。政府经常以抵御紧急威胁的名义对州宪法松懈。但在数十年不断增强的相互联系和新兴的跨国治理之后，今天人们看到了新形式的跨界紧急政治。从欧盟到世界卫生组织，从超国家机构到一致行动的州政府，紧急情况的逻辑在国际环境中得到了接受，而 Covid-19 是最新的场合。该论坛为了解这一新兴现象提供了一个切入点。它以最近的两本书为出发点，考察了国家以外紧急政治的起源、形式、影响和规范性风险。讨论的问题包括紧急政治的概念、其当代形式的历史背景、与之相关的决策模式、对跨国机构合法性的影响以及可能包含的宪法和政治方式. 跨国紧急政治似乎可能仍然是未来几年的核心特征，我们的目标是进一步研究其在国际关系方面的研究。