State Agency and Multilateral Institutions in Times of Multipolarity

The Gulf and Europe find themselves in a changing geopolitical order. While some states look with reluctance on what they frame as a great power rivalry, others embrace it as a multipolar shift offering opportunities to diversify partnerships. What binds both sides together is an interest, as middle powers, to strengthen international and multilateral institutions as the global political system becomes more volatile. In a plethora of complementary, competing, overlapping or diverging institutions: How can multipolarity be translated into multilateral institutions that provide more stability in times of crises?