The Mainz Papers on International and European Politics (MPIEP) are based on current projects of the International Relations Unit and contributions of visiting researchers at the Department of Political Science at the University of Mainz.MPIEP constitute work in progress and are generally intended for submission to reviewed journals at a later stage. To make their production as quick and easy as possible, they are only available online. Authors keep the copyright of their paper. Papers are available in PDF format.
Editorial Board
Prof. Arne Niemann
Dr. Friedrich Plank
Editorial Assistant
Charlotte Stüber
MPIEP No.1
MPIEP No.1The European Union at the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations: A Case of Contested EU Actorness and Effectiveness
Date of publication: April 2012
Lisanne Groen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No. 2
Theorising Regionalism and External Influence: A Situation-structural Approach
Date of publication: May 2012
Johannes Muntschick, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.3
MPIEP No.3Normative Power Europe? The power of the EU in its Relation to the USA in the Policy Field of Counter-terrorism
Date of publication: July 2012
Marga Groothuis, University of Leiden
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.4
MPIEP No.4BRICs and U.S. Hegemony: Theoretical Reflections on Shifting Power Patterns and Empirical Evidence from Latin America
Date of publication: October 2012
Alexander Brand, University of Mainz
Susan McEwen-Fial, University of Mainz
Wolfgang Muno, University of Mainz
Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, University of Erfurt
MPIEP No.5
MPIEP No.5The European Union as an Effective Mediator in Peace Negotiations? Conceptual Framework and Plausibility Probe
Date of publication: January 2013
Julian Bergmann, University of Mainz
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.6
MPIEP No.6The Logic of EU Policy-Making on (Irregular) Migration: Securitisation or Risk?
Date of publication: January 2014
Natalie Schmidthäussler, Federal Foreign Office(Auswärtiges Amt)
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.7
Economic Globalisation, the Perceived Room to Manoeuvre of National Governments and Electoral Participatioin: Evidence from the 2001 British General Election
Date of publication: December 2014
Nils D. Steiner, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.8
Comparing the US National Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy in the first decade of the 21st century: converging but still different
Date of publication: December 2014
Julia Klohs, University of Mainz
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.9
Lost in Translation: Human and Minority Rights Discussions of the European Union and Russia
Date of publication: December 2015
Petra Guasti, University of Mainz
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.10
MPIEP No.10Perceptions and Challenges of China-EU Energy Cooperation
Date of publication: December 2015
Nadine Piefer, TU Darmstadt
Suet-Yi Lai, University of Tsinghua
MPIEP No.11
Controversy in the Garden of Concepts: Rethinking the “Politicisation” of the EU
Date of publication: June 2016
Niilo Kauppi, University of Jyväskylä and CNRS
Kari Palonen, University of Jyväskylä
Claudia Wiesner, University of Jyvaskyla
MPIEP No.12
Studying EU Peace Mediation:
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Date of publication: June 2016
Julian Bergmann, University of Mainz
Friedrich Plank, University of Mainz
Arne Niemann, University of Mainz
MPIEP No.13
Boundaries of European Solidarity – Lessons from Migration and Energy Policy
Date of publication: August 2016
Michèle Knodt
Anne Tews
MPIEP No.14
“Soft” Governance in European Energy Policy. The “Winter Package” for the Energy Union of the European Commission.
Date of publication: March 2017
Michèle Knodt
Marc Ringel
MPIEP No.15
"Perfidious Albion – Again? The UK, BREXIT and EU Foreign Policy"
Date of publication: November 2017
Geoffrey Edwards
MPIEP No.16
"EU and Ukraine in the Eyes of Russia: Media Perceptions of Russian Relations with the EU and Ukraine"
Date of publication: February 2018
Asalkhon Shukurova
MPIEP No.17
"The UEFA Champions League as Political Myth: Unifying Europe or Alienating the Regular Football Fan?"
Date of publication: April 2018
Alexander Brand / Arne Niemann
MPIEP No.18
"Perceptions of the EU’s Global Energy Governance and Energy Diplomacy in the light of the Paris Agreement"
Date of publication: June 2018
Michèle Knodt/ Natalia Chaban
MPIEP No.19
"Images of a Divorce. External Perceptions of Brexit in the USA and their Influence on Transatlantic Relations"
Date of publication: August 2018
Johanna Speyer / Arne Niemann
MPIEP No.20
"Flaws in the EU 2030 Energy Policies: Stakeholder perception of the Clean Energy Package"
Date of publication: August 2018
Michèle Knodt / Marc Ringel
MPIEP No.21
"Communicating the Near Eastern Neighbourhood: Media Frames and Images of External EU Relations"
Date of publication: September 2018
Katharina Kleinschnitger
MPIEP No.22
"The accountability of the ECB as banking supervisor"
Date of publication: March 2020
Demosthenes Ioannou, Cyril Max Neumann, Carina Stubenrauch
MPIEP No.23
"Redistribution in the Age of Globalization: The ‘Paradox of Redistribution’ Revisited "
Date of publication: May 2020
Jürgen Sirsch
MPIEP No.24
"Changing intra-European borders through secession: Explanations for the attitude towards nation states and the EU in separatist regions within the EU."
Date of publication: December 2020
Johannes Rabenschlag
MPIEP No.25
"Still Not Yet Obsolete? A Neofunctionalist Account of Brexit."
Date of publication: April 2021
Arne Niemann, Geoffrey Edwards and Pia Jakobi
MPIEP No.26
"Backlash: Unpacking the Concept’s Analytical Promise"
Date of publication: March 2022
Johanna Speyer
MPIEP No.27
"Talking Hydrogen discourses in the European Union (EU) and its Member States"
Date of publication: April 2023
Friedrich Plank, Johannes Muntschick, Michéle Knodt, Arne Niemann
MPIEP No.28
"Leadership by Example in the Implementation Phase of the Paris Agreement: Comparing Current Climate Strategies of the EU, the US and China"
Date of publication: March 2024
Svenja Budde, Arne Niemann
MPIEP No.29
"Fostering Social Cohesion through International Exchange in Socio-Pedagogical Fan Work"
Date of publication: Juni 2024
Tobias Finger, Vincent Reinke, Jonas Biel, Arne Niemann
MPIEP No.30
"Enhancing Fan Participation: A Policy Proposal for Co-determination in European Club Football"
Date of publication: August 2024
Tobias Finger, Vincent Reinke, Jonas Biel, Arne Niemann