Apology and Reconciliation in International Relations

`Until now, the literature on the political apology has lacked both a serious consideration of the international relations perspective and detailed case studies of inter-state apologies. This excellent collection goes a long way to rectifying these omissions.' Michael Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Christopher Daase is Professor of International Organization at the Goethe-University Frankfurt and Director of the Department of International Organizations and International Law at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). His research focuses on international security and security governance, normative orders in international relations as well as apologies and memory politics. Stefan Engert is Senior Research Felllow at the Department of International Organization at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. He specializes in theories of International Relations, international security as well as peace- and conflict studies. He has published a number of books with Palgrave MacMillan, Routledge and Campus publishers (Frankfurt/New York). Michel-Andre Horelt is Assistant Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. His research focuses on ritualized reconciliation practices in post-conflict situations. His field of interests covers the analysis of different modes and effects of transitional justice instruments such as apologies and war crime trials. Michel-Andre Horelt has recently published on these topics in Die Friedens-Warte and some book contributions. Judith Renner is Assistant Professor at the Department for Political Science of the Technical University Munich. Her research focuses on apologies, truth commissions, reconciliation and human rights. She has published in journals such as the Review of International Studies, and is one of the editors of the book Reconciliation after Terrorism that has been published with Routledge in 2012. Her monograph Discourse, Normative Change and the Quest for Reconciliation in Global Politics appeared with Manchester University Press in 2013. Renate Strassner is Teaching Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. She has conducted extensive research on the region of South East Asia with a particular focus on Cambodia and Indonesia. Dr. Strassner has published several articles and chapters about questions on democracy, political Islam and cultural identity in these countries in journal such as Blatter fur deutsche und internationale Politik and Aussenpolitik.

Introduction: Guilt, Apologies, and Reconciliation in International Relations Christopher Daase/Stefan Engert/Judith Renner 1 Germany - Israel: A Prototypical Political Apology? Stefan Engert 2 Germany - Poland: The Ritualization of Apology Judith Renner 3 Poland - Germany: Balancing Competing Narratives through Apology Judith Renner 4 Germany - Czech Republic: Negotiating Apologies Judith Renner 5 Czech Republic - Germany: A Pioneer Apology Judith Renner 6 Germany - Namibia: The Belated Apology to the Herero Stefan Engert 7 Montenegro - Croatia: The Pragmatics of Apology Michel-Andre Horelt 8 Serbia - Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Different Apology Packages - Different Successes Michel-Andre Horelt 9 France - Algeria: The Double Discourse of Apology Michel-Andre Horelt 10 Turkey - Armenia: From Denial to Excuse Stefan Engert 11 Japan - China and the two Koreas: The Apologia Syndrome Stefan Engert 12 Indonesia - East Timor: The Common Apology Renate Strassner