User account menu. German Foreign Policy in a New Era (Co-authored with Jamie Gaskarth), Narrative Genres of Brexit: The Leave Campaign and the Success of Romance (Co-authored with Alexander Spencer), Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Saxony’s Centre for Teaching and Learning, Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer. Specifically, we hold that Germany’s ontological security needs already were an important driver in establishing the relationship and have been a key stabiliser of it ever since; that the ontological security perspective can make sense of three interrelated practices of maintaining the ‘specialness’ of the relationship; and that the asymmetries between the ontological security needs of the two partners help account for Israel’s political leverage in the relationship. In coalition governments, political parties are concerned not only with how many but also with which departments they control. u/GerAnchorMan • 11 months ago. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Saxony’s Centre for Teaching and Learning, Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer. A common theme of the collection is to explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to studying policy fiascos. "Einführung in die internationale Politik" (Introduction to International Relations), obligatory tutorial for bachelor students of "Political Science" (WS 2014/2015) "Grundlagen der internationalen Politik" (Basics of International Relations), obligatory seminar for bachelor students of "Political Science" (SS 2014) British foreign policy stands at a turning point following the 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendum. We argue that foregrounding the ontological security which the special relationship provides in particular for Germany sheds important new light on how German-Israeli relations have developed. Offizielle Facebook-Seite der Technischen Universität Chemnitz. Kai Oppermann: Telling Stories of Failure: Narrative Constructions of Foreign Policy Fiascos (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: Journal of European Public Policy, 23 (5) (2016), 685-701, Doi: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1127272. Ihre Erzählungen sind einzigartig und nicht vergleichbar. log in sign up. Why do mistakes happen? Sie sind Mandatsträger­innen auf Kreis-, Landes-, Bundes- und Europaebene, Parlamentspräsiden­­tinnen, Ministerpräsidentinnen, Ministerinnen und Staatssekretärinnen. Beate Neuss/Antje Nötzold (Hrsg. Kai Oppermann: Narrating Success and Failure: Congressional Debates on the ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ (Co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: European Journal of International Relations, 24 (2) (2018), 268-292. 64, Heft 554 (Februar 2019), S. 93-97. Based on insights from literary studies and narratology it shows that stories of failure include a number of key elements, including a particular setting which defines appropriate behaviour; the negative characterization of agents; as well as an emplotment of the ‘fiasco’ through the attribution of cause and responsibility. 5,034 were here. Viel zu lange blieb dieses Problem unter dem Radar der politischen Entscheidungsträger und wurde nicht angegangen. Englisch/Deutsch : German - English translations and synonyms (BEOLINGUS Online dictionary, TU Chemnitz) Since they are the locus of national foreign-policy-making, the dynamics of coalition government have significant implications for International Relations. Navigating Domestic and International Expectations on German Foreign Policy, in German Politics, Online First (2018), Doi: 10.1080/09644008.2018.1481208. Promise and Pitfalls, Manchester, Manchester University Press, forthcoming (Co-edited with Klaus Brummer, Sebastian Harnisch and Diana Panke). Welcome! The article suggests that despite serious challenges, prevailing patterns of belief centered round regionalism and pacifism, supported by a particular civilian understanding of hegemony, persist. "Jeder bringt seine eigenen Perspektiven und seinen eigenen Herkunftskontext mit" - und das ist ein Aspekt, der das Studium am Institut für Europäische Studien besonders interessant macht. PHT represents one of the leading theoretical efforts at bridging the cognitive-rationalist divide in foreign policy analysis. Political Mistakes and Policy Failures in International Relations, Palgrave: Basingstoke, 2018 (Co-edited with Andreas Kruck and Alexander Spencer). The contribution introduces narrative analysis as a discourse analytical method for investigating the social construction of foreign policy fiascos. It suggests that the Merkel government was better able to live up to its own aspirations in two-level contexts which left it with greater domestic room for manoeuvre. This article develops hypotheses to explain under which conditions the foreign ministry is likely to be allocated to a ‘junior coalition partner’. Seltene Erden sind Rohstoffe von strategischer Bedeutung für die wirtschaftliche und militärische Sicherheit des Westens. First, the Merkel government was confronted with multiple European and international crises which worked as a magnifying glass for the growing international expectations on Germany to become more actively engaged on the international stage. The international community has, through processes of socialisation and alter-casting, largely rejected these efforts. Beate Neuss / Werner Holly (Hrsg.) The department of International Relations examines actors and structures on the international level, including national foreign policies, the interplay between international and domestic politics as well as patterns of regional integration, co-operation and conflict, for example in Europe, the Middle East and the transatlantic relationship. [Beate Neuss; Peter Jurczek; Wolfram Hilz;] Der erste Teil widmet sich den Großtheorien der Internationalen Beziehungen und arbeitet heraus, in welcher Art und Weise diese für die Analyse von Außenpolitik fruchtbar gemacht werden können. [Beate Neuss; Peter Jurczek; Wolfram Hilz;] The analysis points to structural similarities between the romantic genre and populist narratives more generally which enables populism to tap into the power of romance. International Office: International Office. Kullik, Jakob (2019): Unter dem Radar: Die strategische Bedeutung Seltener Erden für die wirtschaftliche und militärische Sicherheit des Westens, Arbeitspapier 13/2019, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik. In dieser Festschrift stehen die drei großen Forschungsfelder von Beate Neuss im Mittelpunkt: Europäische Integration, transatlantische Beziehungen und aktuelle Sicherheitsherausforderungen. Kai Oppermann: Außenpolitikanalyse, 2. As a result, a realist tradition is reemerging in Germany's discourse. By starting out from a broad concept of mistakes as “something [considered to have] gone wrong” the edited volume enables comparisons of various kinds of mistakes from a range of analytical perspectives, including objectivist and interpretivist approaches, in order to draw out answers to the following guiding questions: How does one identify and research a mistake? die Hemmnisse dafür an der Nutzung der Sprache im politischen wie im außerpolitischen Bereich ablesen. Tracing the main discursive elements of failure constructions, we argue that such constructions empower agents of learning and direct what actors learn from failures. The contributions aim to bridge this divide and bring the two sides into a dialogue on some of the central issues in the study of fiascos including how to define, identify and measure policy failure (and success); the social and political contestation about what counts as policy fiascos; the causes of policy fiascos and their consequences; the attribution of blame; as well as processes of learning from fiascos. dict.cc German-English Dictionary: Translation for Friedensforschung und Internationale Politik [Studiengangsbezeichnung] Informed by such a broad two-level perspective that focuses on the interplay between international and domestic expectations on German foreign policy, the article explores the record of the Grand Coalition in the main international crises it had to engage with. Empirically, the article argues that PHT sheds important new light on arguably some of the most controversial military deployment decisions (Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Libya) of post-unification Germany. Offizielle Facebook-Seite der Technischen Universität Chemnitz. Der Tagungsband zur internationalen und interdisziplinären Konferenz 2014 analysiert mit Blick auf die Umbrüche in den Ländern des südlichen Mittelmeers die Herausforderungen der Europäischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik. The article, therefore, employs counterfactual reasoning to scrutinize “electoral politics” explanations of Germany's policy on Libya. Kai Oppermann: Foreign Policy as Public Policy? Die Europäische Union (EU) hat als Friedensprojekt und aufgrund ihres wirtschaftlichen Erfolgs nach dem Zusammenbruch des sowjetisch beherrschten Ostblocks eine enorme Attraktivität für die ihre Nachbarstaaten entwickelt. Multi-party coalitions are an increasingly common type of government across different political regimes and world regions. 27.08.2018. Anden internationale går hurtigt fremad, nemlig til fuldstændig sammensmeltning med den nationalliberale politik. International Relations: International Relations. 5,002 were here. Party elites might engage in strategic constructions of failures to promote their agenda and position in the party. This article argues that the Leave narrative was successful in the 2016 referendum in part because it conformed to one of the well-established narrative genres of tragedy, comedy, satire and romance. The article argues that foreign policy successes and failures are socially constructed through narratives and suggests how narrative analysis as a discourse-analytical method can be employed to trace discursive contests about such constructions. All information, interviews, pictures and videos at BILD.de. This difference in ‘genre consistency’ contributed to the success of Leave and the failure of Remain in the referendum. First, it brings together in one place the state of the art in research on coalition foreign policy. Europäische Integrationsbestrebungen auf politischer und regionaler Ebene : Tschechien und Polen : Beiträge zu einem politik- und regionalwissenschaftlichen Symposium an der TU Chemnitz. The chapters explore how the approaches can be adapted and transferred to the study of foreign policy and point to the challenges this entails. In response, German policymakers have scrambled to reinterpret Germany's foreign policy for a new era. Sie ist im wissenschaftlich positiven Sinne verräterisch, weil sie Wahrnehmungen erkennen lässt, die verborgen bleiben wollen, weil an ihren Begriffen und Wörtern Einstellungen und Werte ablesbar sind. Mut zur Verantwortung. Dieses Arbeitspapier zeigt die Risiken des chinesischen Monopols bei Seltenen Erden auf und diskutiert mögliche Lösungsschritte. Die vorliegende Publikation macht die Ergebnisse einer Fachtagung einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Die große Erweiterungsrunde von 2004, im Rahmen derer zehn Staaten beitraten, die anstehenden Beitritte Bulgariens und Rumäniens sowie die versprochene Beitrittsperspektive für die Staaten des Westbalkans veränderten die EU-Außengrenze und damit die Herausforderungen in der neuen Nachbarschaft gravierend... Kai Oppermann: Poliheuristic Theory and Germany`s (Non-)Participation in Multinational Military Interventions. ausscheiden : German - English translations and synonyms (BEOLINGUS Online dictionary, TU Chemnitz) Kai Oppermann: Fiascos in Public Policy and Foreign Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, Special Issue, 23 (5) (2016) (Co-edited with Alexander Spencer). Kai Oppermann: The Party Politics of Learning from Failure: The German Greens and the Lessons Drawn from the 2013 General Election (Co-authored with Alexander Bürgin), in: Environmental Politics, Online First (2020), Doi: 10.1080/09644016.2020.1741769. Professur Internationale Politik: Publikationen. This article employs the poliheuristic theory of decision-making (PHT) to analyse German decisions to participate in, or abstain from, multinational military operations. Frauen gestalten die Politik der CDU. This symposium advances the study of coalition foreign policy in three closely related ways. Der zweite Block diskutiert Erklärungsansätze, die außenpolitische Entscheidungen auf innenpolitische Einflüsse und Zwänge zurückführen. Bilanz der polnischen Ratspräsidentschaft. This article suggests studying special relationships in international politics from an ontological security perspective. Festschrift zum 65. Eine schwierige Partnerschaft in turbulenten Zeiten, Baden-Baden 2018. To understand this process, the authors utilize an interpretivist approach, analyzing the discourse of German foreign policymakers through the lens of four traditions of thought informing debates: regionalism, pacifism, realism, and hegemonism. Close. Die Europäische Union und ihre Nachbarn, in: Die Politische Meinung, Jg. Yet, Germany's allies are challenging this framework and calling for it to accept more responsibility for regional and global security. :) Professor für internationale Politik an der TU Chemnitz bringt seine Expertise in eine der führenden Fachzeitschriften für politikwissenschaftliche Analysen deutscher Politik mit ein … Chemnitzer Delegation erneut unter den Weltbesten. Specifically, the article shows that the Leave campaign constructed a largely consistent romantic narrative, while the Remain campaign mixed narrative genres. Sprache wird in der Politik instrumentalisiert, um Ziele zu erreichen im Guten wie im Bösen. Im Rahmen der Beitrittsprozesse konnte sie einen beachtlichen Einfluss auf die innenpolitischen Reformen ausüben und Stabilität in ihrer östlichen Nachbarschaft sichern. Employing a crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis, the article demonstrates that although the conjunction of the junior partner being relatively large and it having led the foreign ministry in the past is not sufficient by itself, those two factors are very influential in the junior partner being allocated the foreign ministry.