Building Sustainable Couples in International Relations

Anna Caffarena, University of Turin, Italy Delphine Placidi-Frot, University of Paris Sud-Jean Monnet, France Charles-Philippe David, University of Quebec at Montreal, Quebec Elise Feron, University of Gent, Brussels Campus, Belgium Jean-Jacques Roche, Paris 2-Panthéon Assas University, France Noe Cornago, University of the Basque Country, Spain Morten Boas, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway Yves-Heng Lim, Fu Jen University, Taiwan Jayati Srivastava, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Frédéric Ramel, Sciences Po Paris, France Elisabeth Vallet, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada Mélanie Albaret, University of Auvergne, France

• 1. Critical Components of Peaceful Couples in I.R.; Brigitte Vassort-Rousset PART I: CONDITIONS FOR ACCOMMODATION AND INSTITUTIONALISED RECIPROCAL RESTRAINT 2. Couples and Trust-building in International Society; Anna Caffarena 3. The Equivocal Couple in Multilateralism: Dyads at the UN; Mélanie Albaret and Delphine Placidi-Frot 4. Good Fences for Good Neighbours? States, Couples, and Walls; Elisabeth Vallet and Charles-Philippe David 5. Post-colonial Britain and its Former Colonies in the EU; Elise Féron PART II: GRASSROOTS AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTEGRATION AND INTEREST-RELATED IDENTITY CHANGE 6. The French-German Couple: Elites' Affair or Peoples' Friendship?; Jean-Jacques Roche 7. Diplomacy Decentralised: Latin American Substate Couples; Noe Cornago 8. North Kivu: Buffer, Battleground, Sanctuary; Morten Boas PART III: ATTEMPTING TO AVOID DIVORCE FOR LACK OF CULTURAL COMMONALITY 9. Enduring China-India Divorce: Multi-layered Causes; Yves-Heng Lim 10. The Binary Indo-Pakistani Civilisational Subtext; Jayati Srivastava 11. The Divan Orchestra: Mutual Middle-range Transformation; Frédéric Ramel Conclusion 12. Towards International Couples' Peaceful Identity Change through Middle-range Cooperation; Brigitte Vassort-Rousset

“Brigitte Vassort-Rousset’s edited volume is a very welcome contribution to scholarship on bilateral relations in international politics. … The volume enriches the literature on bilateral relations both conceptually and empirically. … the considerable added value of this collection primarily comes from the combination of its theoretical ambition to further the study of peaceful bilateral relations in international politics and its rich set of empirical case studies.” (Kai Oppermann, European Review of International Studies, Vol. 3, 2016)