Part I. Introduction: 1. Orchestration: global governance through intermediaries Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal and Bernhard Zangl; Part II. Managing States: 2. Orchestrating policy implementation: EU governance through regulatory networks Michael Blauberger and Berthold Rittberger; 3. Orchestration on a tight leash: state oversight of the WTO Manfred Elsig; 4. Orchestration by design: the G20 in international financial regulation Lora Anne Viola; 5. Efficient orchestration? The Global Environment Facility in the governance of climate adaptation Erin R. Graham and Alexander Thompson; 6. Orchestrating monitoring: the optimal adaptation of international organizations Xinyuan Dai; 7. Orchestrating enforcement: international organizations mobilizing compliance constituencies Jonas Tallberg; Part III. Bypassing States: 8. WHO orchestrates? Coping with competitors in global health Tine Hanrieder; 9. Orchestrating peace? Civil war, conflict minerals, and the United Nations Security Council Virginia Haufler; 10. Governing where focality is low: UNEP and the Principles for Responsible Investment Cornis van der Lugt and Klaus Dingwerth; 11. Orchestration for the 'social partners' only: internal constraints on the ILO Lucio Baccaro; 12. Orchestrating the fight against anonymous incorporation: a field experiment Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson and J. C. Sharman; Part IV. Implications: 13. Orchestration along the Pareto frontier: winners and losers Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon; 14. Orchestrating global governance: from empirical findings to theoretical implications Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal and Bernhard Zangl.