Kai Oppermann – författare

Foreign Policy Analysis is the most systematic, thorough guide to core foreign policy approaches, drawing insights from international relations and non-Western perspectives to provide students with a full understanding of theory. Brummer and Opperman put theoretical approaches front and centre without neglecting the right connection with international relations theories. This book challenges Western-centric perspectives on foreign policy analysis and reflects the rise of non-Western scholarship in the field. This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.

The collection brings together scholars from Public Policy and Foreign Policy to address the theme of policy fiascos. So far research on failure and fiascos in both Public Policy and Foreign Policy has existed independent of each other with very little communication between the two sub-disciplines. The contributions aim to bridge this divide and bring the two sides into a dialogue on some of the central issues in the study of fiascos including how to define, identify and measure policy failure (and success); the social and political contestation about what counts as policy fiascos; the causes of policy fiascos and their consequences; the attribution of blame; as well as processes of learning from fiascos. A common theme of the collection is to explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to studying policy fiascos. This book will appeal to scholars and practitioners interested in policy failures and fiascos both within and among states and other international actors. It was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

This book analyses the salience of foreign and security policy issues to domestic actors, its role in the analysis of international politics and its consequences for foreign policy decision-making. It provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of issue salience and develops the state of the art.Beginning with a chapter on the concept of issue salience and its role in analysing international politics, it has a strong comparative framework and focuses on different domestic actors: the general public; political parties/parliaments; and the media. It features empirical studies drawn from countries in Western Europe and North America and addresses the salience of different issue areas in three key areas of international politics: European Integration Foreign and Security Policy Transatlantic Relations Finally the book offers critical appraisals of the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of issue salience and the methods for measuring it.This volume makes an important contribution to scholarly debates on the role of public opinion in foreign affairs and on the prospects of parliamentary control of foreign and security policy. It will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, international relations and foreign policy.Kai Oppermann is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne, Germany and the Managing Editor of Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.Dr. Henrike Viehrig is Assistant Professor and Chair of International Politics and Foreign Policy at the University of Cologne, Germany.

This book analyses the salience of foreign and security policy issues to domestic actors, its role in the analysis of international politics and its consequences for foreign policy decision-making. It provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of issue salience and develops the state of the art.Beginning with a chapter on the concept of issue salience and its role in analysing international politics, it has a strong comparative framework and focuses on different domestic actors: the general public; political parties/parliaments; and the media. It features empirical studies drawn from countries in Western Europe and North America and addresses the salience of different issue areas in three key areas of international politics:European Integration Foreign and Security Policy Transatlantic Relations Finally the book offers critical appraisals of the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of issue salience and the methods for measuring it.This volume makes an important contribution to scholarly debates on the role of public opinion in foreign affairs and on the prospects of parliamentary control of foreign and security policy. It will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, international relations and foreign policy.Kai Oppermann is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne, Germany and the Managing Editor of Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.Dr. Henrike Viehrig is Assistant Professor and Chair of International Politics and Foreign Policy at the University of Cologne, Germany.

The collection brings together scholars from Public Policy and Foreign Policy to address the theme of policy fiascos. So far research on failure and fiascos in both Public Policy and Foreign Policy has existed independent of each other with very little communication between the two sub-disciplines. The contributions aim to bridge this divide and bring the two sides into a dialogue on some of the central issues in the study of fiascos including how to define, identify and measure policy failure (and success); the social and political contestation about what counts as policy fiascos; the causes of policy fiascos and their consequences; the attribution of blame; as well as processes of learning from fiascos. A common theme of the collection is to explore different epistemological and methodological approaches to studying policy fiascos. This book will appeal to scholars and practitioners interested in policy failures and fiascos both within and among states and other international actors. It was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

This book examines how foreign policy analysis can be enriched by ‘domestic realm’ public policy approaches, concepts and theories. Starting out from the observation that foreign policy has in many ways become more similar to (and intertwined with) ‘domestic’ public policies, it bridges the divide that still persists between the two fields. The book includes chapters by leading experts in their fields on arguably the most important public policy approaches, including, for example, multiple streams, advocacy coalition, punctuated equilibrium and veto player approaches. The chapters explore how the approaches can be adapted and transferred to the study of foreign policy and point to the challenges this entails. By establishing a critical dialogue between approaches in public policy and research on foreign policy, the main contribution of the book is to broaden the available theoretical ‘toolkit’ in foreign policy analysis.

This book examines how foreign policy analysis can be enriched by ‘domestic realm’ public policy approaches, concepts and theories. Starting out from the observation that foreign policy has in many ways become more similar to (and intertwined with) ‘domestic’ public policies, it bridges the divide that still persists between the two fields. The book includes chapters by leading experts in their fields on arguably the most important public policy approaches, including, for example, multiple streams, advocacy coalition, punctuated equilibrium and veto player approaches. The chapters explore how the approaches can be adapted and transferred to the study of foreign policy and point to the challenges this entails. By establishing a critical dialogue between approaches in public policy and research on foreign policy, the main contribution of the book is to broaden the available theoretical ‘toolkit’ in foreign policy analysis.

This edited volume analyzes mistakes in different areas of international relations including the realms of security, foreign policy, finance, health, development, environmental policy and migration. By starting out from a broad concept of mistakes as “something [considered to have] gone wrong” the edited volume enables comparisons of various kinds of mistakes from a range of analytical perspectives, including objectivist and interpretivist approaches, in order to draw out answers to the following guiding questions:• How does one identify and research a mistake?• Why do mistakes happen?• How are actors made responsible?• When and how do actors learn from mistakes?This book will be of great interest to scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, International Political Economy, and Diplomatic History.

This edited volume analyzes mistakes in different areas of international relations including the realms of security, foreign policy, finance, health, development, environmental policy and migration. By starting out from a broad concept of mistakes as “something [considered to have] gone wrong” the edited volume enables comparisons of various kinds of mistakes from a range of analytical perspectives, including objectivist and interpretivist approaches, in order to draw out answers to the following guiding questions:• How does one identify and research a mistake?• Why do mistakes happen?• How are actors made responsible?• When and how do actors learn from mistakes?This book will be of great interest to scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, International Political Economy, and Diplomatic History.

Nach dem Ende der Ost-West-Konfrontation und dem Wegfall der gemeinsamen Bedrohung durch die Sowjetunion hat sich das Konfliktpotential zwischen Europa und den USA deutlich erhoht. Seither haben die transatlantischen Beziehungen extreme Hohen und Tiefen erlebt: Auf die breite Welle der Solidarisierung mit den Vereinigten Staaten in Europa nach dem 11. September 2001 folgten mit den Auseinandersetzungen uber den Irakkrieg schon bald die heftigsten Erschutterungen seit mehr als funf Jahrzehnten. Dennoch bilden die transatlantischen Beziehungen unverandert den Kern der internationalen Ordnung. In allen Sachbereichen der Politik: Sicherheit, Wohlfahrt und Herrschaft ist das transatlantische Verhaltnis zugleich von Kooperation und Konflikt gepragt. Der vorliegende Band analysiert dieses komplexe Beziehungsgeflecht auf den Feldern der ausseren und inneren Sicherheit, der Wirtschaft und der Offentlichkeit. Er bietet somit eine umfassende und aktuelle Darstellung der transatlantischen Beziehungen der Gegenwart.

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand zwischen Anfang 2003 und Mitte 2007 als Dissertation am Lehrstuhl für Internationale Politik und Außenpolitik der Universität zu Köln. Während dieser Zeit habe ich sehr von der produktiven und freundschaftlichen Atmosphäre am Le- stuhl profitiert, die mir über manche Schaffenskrise hinweggeholfen hat. Dafür möchte ich allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen herzlich danken. Mein ganz besonderer Dank gilt meinem Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Thomas Jäger. Er hat die Arbeit von Beginn an begleitet und durch seinen fachlichen Rat und seine kritischen Anregungen bereichert. Vor allem danke ich ihm für das in mich gesetzte Vertrauen, für die Freiheiten zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, die er mir geschaffen hat, und für seine Er- tigungen, meine Forschungsergebnisse auf Konferenzen und in Publikationen zur Diskus- on zu stellen. Ich habe in den letzten Jahren weit über die Dissertation hinaus viel von s- nem Wissenschaftsverständnis und von seiner Vorstellung von guter universitärer F- schung und Lehre gelernt. Ohne seine Unterstützung wäre die Arbeit nicht entstanden.

Die Auswirkungen internationaler Krisen und außenpolitischer Prozesse auf die politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Entwicklungen in Deutschland sind seit dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts und der Wiedervereinigung enorm gestiegen. Ein produktiver Streit um die Ausrichtung deutscher Außenpolitik, der ihrer gewachsenen Bedeutung gerecht wird, verlangt jedoch zunächst eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme. Wo steht die deutsche Außenpolitik zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts? Das ist die leitende Frage für diesen Band. Auf den wichtigsten Politikfeldern analysiert er in allen drei Sachbereichen: Sicherheit, Wohlfahrt, Institutionen und Normen, unter welchen internationalen und innenpolitischen Bedingungen die deutsche Außenpolitik agiert und welche Ziele sie verfolgt. Für die zweite Auflage wurde der Band vollständig überarbeitet, erweitert und aktualisiert.

Die Auswirkungen internationaler Krisen und außenpolitischer Prozesse auf die politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Entwicklungen in Deutschland sind seit dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts und der Wiedervereinigung enorm gestiegen. Ein produktiver Streit um die Ausrichtung deutscher Außenpolitik, der ihrer gewachsenen Bedeutung gerecht wird, verlangt jedoch zunächst eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme. Wo steht die deutsche Außenpolitik zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts? Das ist die leitende Frage für diesen Band. Auf den wichtigsten Politikfeldern analysiert er in allen drei Sachbereichen: Sicherheit, Wohlfahrt, Institutionen und Normen, unter welchen internationalen und innenpolitischen Bedingungen die deutsche Außenpolitik agiert und welche Ziele sie verfolgt. Für die zweite Auflage wurde der Band vollständig überarbeitet, erweitert und aktualisiert.