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This study aims to explore the role of cities as emerging international actors in response to the newly arising global challenges. Beyond their traditional roles as spatial and administrative units within sovereign states, cities now perform functions that elevate their status, becoming critical actors in a closely-knit international community. With the individual international activities of major cities, there is an emerging trend where cities are forming dense networks around their polycentric functions, especially within “City-Regions.” This phenomenon, transcending the traditional multilateralism centered on sovereign states, underscores the need to study the dynamism that these emerging actors can offer. Specifically, by analyzing the international network activities of European cities, this research not only emphasizes the importance of studying cities as emerging actors in multilateralism but also suggests that as international activities of cities intensify, there is a potential for entrenched asymmetrical and hierarchical structures among cities.

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