For the launch of the International Affairs Centenary special issue “International relations: the ‘how not to’ guide”, Chatham House invites for a discussion with Prof. Drezner, Prof. Narlikar, and Prof. Rosoux on how policymakers and researchers can learn from the worst pitfalls.
The history of international affairs is littered with disastrous decisions at key moments. Different policy decisions and actions taken at the time might have led to a more peaceful and prosperous world. Whilst foreign policy analysis and debate usually seek to replicate successes, this event asks how to avoid catastrophic failure.
The International Affairs Centenary special issue, edited by Narlikar and Drezner, is a ‘how not to’ guide for international relations. It brings together 14 experts examining failures and providing suggestions on how to get some things right in the coming century. From the ‘go-to’ tool of diplomacy of economic sanctions to international negotiations, the panel will be exploring prominent historic case studies to address some of the most challenging questions:
Why do policymakers pursue decisions regardless of past results?
Would a ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for policy-minded professionals act as a buffer against bad decision-making?
How do policymakers go beyond this minimum ‘do no harm’ requirement?
What would constitute more effective interventions in the current international relations climate?
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Daniel W. Drezner is a Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Research meets practice: Through its policy exchange and Berlin Office activities, the institute brings insights from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and global developments into the debates that shape politics and society in Germany, Europe, and worldwide.
The Accountability and Participation Research Programme undertakes comparative analyses of political processes that may foster or undermine the quality of democratic institutions and spread authoritarian politics and practices in the Global South and across the globe.
The GIGA combines in-depth area expertise and cutting-edge comparative methods from the social sciences. The complementary interaction of four regional institutes and four cross-cutting thematic research programmes enables the GIGA to pursue its unique approach.
In this introductory article, GIGA President Prof. Narlikar and Prof. Drezner, guest editors of the International Affairs centenary special issue, outline this ‘how not to’ guide. They explore a Hippocratic oath for international affairs and suggest going beyond this minimum ‘do no harm’ requirement.
The International Affairs centenary special issue, edited by GIGA President Prof. Narlikar and Prof. Drezner, is a ‘how not to’ guide for international relations. It brings together 14 experts examining historic failures and how policy practitioners and researchers can get it right together.
The WTO has become an almost perfect example of how not to negotiate. In this article, GIGA President Prof. Narlikar identifies three broad categories of bargaining failures and explores the impact of narratives on the course of events, giving us a clear list of dos and don’ts for international negotiation.
In this paper, Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar discusses the foreign policy of Germany and its European partners towards China. This article was republished in Global Policy Blog (4.4.2022) and is also available to read in Hindi.
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict unfolds, Germany has finally undertaken epochal decisions to uphold the values of the international order by supporting Ukraine.
Transfer for Transformation (T4T) is an application lab. T4T will innovate in the practice of knowledge transfer through consequent target-group-integration and novel access strategies. It will also advance the scholarship on the subject by analysing the effectiveness and impact of different types of knowledge transfer. Leibniz Association, 2022-2025
Research meets practice: Through its policy exchange and Berlin Office activities, the institute brings insights from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and global developments into the debates that shape politics and society in Germany, Europe, and worldwide.
The Accountability and Participation Research Programme undertakes comparative analyses of political processes that may foster or undermine the quality of democratic institutions and spread authoritarian politics and practices in the Global South and across the globe.
The GIGA combines in-depth area expertise and cutting-edge comparative methods from the social sciences. The complementary interaction of four regional institutes and four cross-cutting thematic research programmes enables the GIGA to pursue its unique approach.
In this introductory article, GIGA President Prof. Narlikar and Prof. Drezner, guest editors of the International Affairs centenary special issue, outline this ‘how not to’ guide. They explore a Hippocratic oath for international affairs and suggest going beyond this minimum ‘do no harm’ requirement.
The International Affairs centenary special issue, edited by GIGA President Prof. Narlikar and Prof. Drezner, is a ‘how not to’ guide for international relations. It brings together 14 experts examining historic failures and how policy practitioners and researchers can get it right together.
The WTO has become an almost perfect example of how not to negotiate. In this article, GIGA President Prof. Narlikar identifies three broad categories of bargaining failures and explores the impact of narratives on the course of events, giving us a clear list of dos and don’ts for international negotiation.
In this paper, Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar discusses the foreign policy of Germany and its European partners towards China. This article was republished in Global Policy Blog (4.4.2022) and is also available to read in Hindi.
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict unfolds, Germany has finally undertaken epochal decisions to uphold the values of the international order by supporting Ukraine.
Transfer for Transformation (T4T) is an application lab. T4T will innovate in the practice of knowledge transfer through consequent target-group-integration and novel access strategies. It will also advance the scholarship on the subject by analysing the effectiveness and impact of different types of knowledge transfer. Leibniz Association, 2022-2025
Research meets practice: Through its policy exchange and Berlin Office activities, the institute brings insights from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and global developments into the debates that shape politics and society in Germany, Europe, and worldwide.
The Accountability and Participation Research Programme undertakes comparative analyses of political processes that may foster or undermine the quality of democratic institutions and spread authoritarian politics and practices in the Global South and across the globe.
The GIGA combines in-depth area expertise and cutting-edge comparative methods from the social sciences. The complementary interaction of four regional institutes and four cross-cutting thematic research programmes enables the GIGA to pursue its unique approach.
