This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of international diplomacy,
covering both theory and practice. This second edition has been revised and updated, with …

In accounts of institutional change, discursive institutionalists point to the role of economic
and political ideas in upending institutional stability and providing the raw material for the …

The contours of international politics in the past half a millennium have been heavily
determined by war and conflict, in particular among the great powers. During the past two …

This article sheds light on the way narratives translate into policy outcomes and enable
foreign policy change. How is it that narratives shape foreign policy change? The analysis …

Why are some territorial partitions accepted as the appropriate borders of a nation's
homeland, whereas in other places conflict continues despite or even because of division of …

What is the role of rhetoric and argumentation in international relations? Some argue that it
is little more than 'cheap talk', while others say that it may play a role in persuasion or …

The United Nations requires reinvigoration in order to be able to find solutions to ever-
recurring problems, to acquire capacities to cope with new governance challenges, and to …

Markus Kornprobst examines the common assumption that states usually respond to crises
individually, rather than together. He develops an innovative approach to analyse how crisis …

Transforming energy systems is increasingly recognized as a societal response to mitigating
climate change, with potential to catalyse a paradigmatic shift towards decarbonization. The …

This article examines the resilience of governance. My descriptive argument identifies
variations of resilience by analysing the evolution of contestation and decontestation of …