BUT there is an important tradeoff: leadership by both the US & China has NEGATIVE effects on perceptions of IO legitimacy (much larger effects for China), as the institution is perceived as being captured by the interests of great powers, therefore less independent 4/5.

We find support for our expectation that in democratic audiences where publics are skeptical of China, leading in the UN improves public perceptions of China and support for cooperation with China (e.g., trade), while US leadership does *not* improve its standing. 3/5

To do so, I show that for resolutions that are highly aligned - in other words, *identical* in their substantive content - the inclusion of additional citations by a state or its allies increases its pr of voting in favor 3/5