Mainz Papers on International and European Politics (MPIEP)

 

 

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

The 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

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Theorising Regionalism and External Influence: A Situation-structural Approach

 

Date of publication: May 2012

 

Johannes Muntschick, University of Mainz

 

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Normative 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

 

 

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MPIEP No.4

BRICs 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

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The 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

 

 

 

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MPIEP No.6

The 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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

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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

 

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Perceptions and Challenges of China-EU Energy Cooperation

Date of publication: December 2015

Michèle Knodt, TU Darmstadt
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

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MPIEP No.13

Boundaries of European Solidarity – Lessons from Migration and Energy Policy

Date of publication: August 2016

 

Michèle Knodt
Anne Tews

 

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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

 

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MPIEP No.15

"Perfidious Albion – Again? The UK, BREXIT and EU Foreign Policy"

 

Date of publication: November 2017

Geoffrey Edwards

 

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 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

 

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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

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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MPIEP No.21

"Communicating the Near Eastern Neighbourhood: Media Frames and Images of External EU Relations"

 

Date of publication: September 2018

Katharina Kleinschnitger

 

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MPIEP No.22

"The accountability of the ECB as banking supervisor"

 

Date of publication: March 2020

Demosthenes Ioannou, Cyril Max Neumann, Carina Stubenrauch

 

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MPIEP No.23

"Redistribution in the Age of Globalization: The ‘Paradox of Redistribution’ Revisited "

 

Date of publication: May 2020

Jürgen Sirsch

 

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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

 

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MPIEP No.25

"Still Not Yet Obsolete? A Neofunctionalist Account of Brexit."

 

 

Date of publication: April 2021

Arne Niemann, Geoffrey Edwards and Pia Jakobi

 

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MPIEP No.26

"Backlash: Unpacking the Concept’s Analytical Promise"

 

 

Date of publication: March 2022

Johanna Speyer

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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

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