Political Mistakes and Policy Failures in International Relations

Andreas Kruck is Assistant Professor of Global Governance at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.Kai Oppermann is Reader in Politics at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.Alexander Spencer is Professor for International Relations at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany.

• 1. Andreas Kruck, Kai Oppermann & Alexander Spencer: Introduction: Mistakes in International Relations.- Part I: Mistakes in Security and Foreign Policy.- 2. Timothy Legrand & Michael Lister: Mistakes in Counter Terrorism: Policy and Collateral Damage.- 3. Kai Oppermann & Alexander Spencer: Narrative Constructions of Mistakes: Germany’s Refusal to Support Military Intervention in Libya.- 4. Mischa Hansel, Henrike Viehrig, Danae Ankel: Where Berlin Got It Terribly Wrong: German Foreign Policy Fiascos in the News Media.- Part II: Mistakes in Economics & Finance.- 5. Bart Paudyn: The Immunity Risk Provides Markets and Regulators from the Consequences of their Mistakes: The Reconstitution of Speculation as Investment and Regulatory Passivity.- 6. Andreas Kruck: Credit Rating Agencies and the Politics of Dealing with Private Governance Failures.- Part III: Mistakes in Health & Development.- 7. Adam Kamradt-Scott: What went wrong? The World Health Organization from Swine Flu to Ebola.- 8. Jonathan Fisher: ‘Success’ and ‘Failure’ in UK International Development Policy: Aid Suspensions and ‘Political Conditionality’ Since the Cold War.- 9. Tim Lankester: Mistakes in Large-Scale Development Projects: British Aid for the Pergau Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia.- Part IV: Mistakes in Environmental Policy & Migration.- 10. Antto Vihma: The 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference: Mistakes Prior and During the Meeting.- 11. James Hampshire: A Successful Failure: The Curious Case of British Immigration Policy.- Part V: Mistakes in and around International Organizations.- 12. Oliver Daddow: Policy-making in the Pub: New Labour’s European Policy ‘Failure’.- 13. Berthold Rittberger, Helena Schwarzenbeck & Bernhard Zangl: International Organizations and the Attribution of Blame for Policy Failures: The Case of EU Border Control Policies.- 14. Andreas Kruck, Kai Oppermann & Alexander Spencer: Conclusion: What Can We Learn from (the Study of) Mistakes?