Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations

Amrita Narlikar is University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin College. She is the author of International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT and WTO (2003) and The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction (2005), and is co-editor of Leadership and Change in the Multilateral Trading System (2009).

• Introduction Amrita Narlikar; Part I. Disciplinary Insights: 1. The politics of deadlock Andrew Gamble; 2. From Bretton Woods to Havana: multilateral deadlocks in historical perspective Martin Daunton; 3. Talking one's ways out of strikes William Brown; 4. Litigating the way out of deadlock: the WTO, the EU and the UN Markus W. Gehring; Part II. Case Studies: 5. Transatlantic intransigence in the Doha Round: domestic politics and the difficulty of compromise Alasdair R. Young; 6. Know the enemy: uncertainty and deadlock in the WTO Amrita Narlikar and Pieter van Houten; 7. Entering the zone of agreement: the United States in climate change negotiations Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou; 8. The role of informal negotiation processes in breaking deadlocks: the UN Security Council Jochen Prantl; 9. Negotiating international policies on Kosovo Pieter van Houten; 10. Beyond negotiation deadlocks: the importance of mediation and leadership change Jacob Bercovitch and Carmela Lutmar; Conclusion. Case studies as evidence: lessons learned Daniel Druckman and Amrita Narlikar.

'This remarkable and insightful volume is of great value to practitioners and analysts who deal with deadlocks that may arise in multilateral negotiations of various kinds. The range of solutions available for resolving the different types of deadlocks is set out especially clearly and comprehensively.' Robert M. Stern, University of Michigan