Prof. Dr. Kai Oppermann

• Editor, German Politics

• International Advisory Board, British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR)

• External Examiner, London School of Economics (LSE)

• International Studies Association (ISA)

• British International Studies Association (BISA)

• European International Studies Association (EISA)

• German Political Science Association (DVPW)

• Theories of Foreign Policy Analysis

• German and British Foreign and European policy

• Failures and Mistakes in International Politics

• Coalition Foreign Policy

• Referendums in International Politics and European Integration

• Special Relationships in International Politics

• Unpacking Altercasting in Role Theory: The Biden Administration's Policy of Altercasting Germany into a Faithful Ally Role in Relations with China, in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 20 (2) (2024), orae003, doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orae003
• Visualising State Biographical Narratives: A Rhetorical Analysis of Chinese and North Korean Propaganda Photographs (co-authored with Olli Hellmann), in: British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26 (3) (2024), 965-991, doi.org/10.1177/13691481231204313
• Laughing at Failure or Failing to Laugh: Humour as a Strategy for Dealing with Foreign Policy Failure? (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: Alternatives, Online First (2024), doi.org/10.1177/03043754241234444
• What if? Counterfactual Trump and the Western response to the war in Ukraine (co-authored with Juliet Kaarbo and Ryan Beasley), in: International Affairs, 99 (2) (2023), 605-624, doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad030
• Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland (co-authored with Paul Taggart, Neil Dooley, Aleks Szczerbiak and Susan Collard), in: German Politics, Online First (2023), doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2022.2159943
• Propaganda Photographs as a Tool of North Korean Public Diplomacy: An Experimental Analysis of the Kim Jong-un Effect (co-authored with Olli Hellmann), in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 37 (2) (2024), 136-162, doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2022.2065460
• Narratives of Digital Sovereignty in German Political Discourse (co-authored with Daniel Lambach), in: Governance, 36 (3) (2023), 693-709, doi.org/10.1111/gove.12690
• Mapping Party Support for EU Referendums after Brexit: Results from an Expert Survey, in: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 31 (2) (2023), 409-424, doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2021.2001315
• German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’ (co-authored with Klaus Brummer), German Politics, 33 (2) (2023), 388-410, doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2195170
• Photographs as Instruments of Public Diplomacy: China’s Visual Storytelling during the Covid-19 Pandemic (co-authored with Olli Hellmann), in: The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 17 (2) (2022), 177-215, dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4056930
• Role Theory, Foreign Policy, and the Social Construction of Sovereignty: Brexit Stage Right (co-authored with Ryan Beasley and Juliet Kaarbo), in: Global Studies Quarterly, 1 (1) (2021), 1-14, doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksab001
• Clashing Traditions: German Foreign Policy in a New Era (co-authored with Jamie Gaskarth), in: International Studies Perspectives, 22 (1) (2021), 84-105, doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekz017
• Poliheuristic Theory and Germany’s (Non-)Participation in Multinational Military Interventions. The Non-compensatory Principle, Coalition Politics and Political Survival (co-authored with Klaus Brummer), in: German Politics, 30 (1) (2021), 106-121, doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2019.1568992
• British Foreign Policy after Brexit: Losing Europe and Finding a Role (co-authored with Ryan Beasley and Juliet Kaarbo), in: International Relations, 34 (2) (2020), 133-156, doi.org/10.1177/0047117819864421
• Narrative Genres of Brexit: The Leave Campaign and the Success of Romance (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: Journal of European Public Policy, 27 (5) (2020), 666-684, doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2019.1662828
• Who Gets What in Foreign Affairs? Explaining the Allocation of Foreign Ministries in Coalition Governments (co-authored with Klaus Brummer), in: Government and Opposition, 55 (2) (2020), 241-259, doi.org/10.1017/gov.2018.19
• The Party Politics of Learning from Failure: The German Greens and the Lessons Drawn from the 2013 General Election (co-authored with Alexander Bürgin), in: Environmental Politics, 29 (4) (2020), 609-627, doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1741769
• Außenpolitikanalyse, 2. Aufl., München: Oldenbourg, 2019 (co-authored with Klaus Brummer).
• The Ontological Security of Special Relationships: The Case of Germany’s Relations with Israel Election (co-authored with Mischa Hansel), in: European Journal of International Security, 4 (1) (2019), 79-100, doi.org/10.1017/eis.2018.18
• Foreign Policy as Public Policy? Promise and Pitfalls, Manchester: Manchester University Press (i.E.) (co-edited with Klaus Brummer, Sebastian Harnisch and Diana Panke).
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Navigating Domestic and International Expectations on German Foreign Policy, in: German Politics, 28 (3) (2019), 482-498, doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2018.1481208
• Political Mistakes and Policy Failures in International Relations, Palgrave: Basingstoke, 2018 (co-edited Andreas Kruck and Alexander Spencer).
• Narrating Success and Failure: Congressional Debates on the ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: European Journal of International Relations, 24 (2) (2018), 268-292, doi.org/10.1177/1354066117743561
• Veto Player Approaches in Foreign Policy Analysis (co-authored with Klaus Brummer), in: Thies, Cameron (ed.): Oxford Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2018), 807-824. 
• Telling Stories of Failure: Narrative Constructions of Foreign Policy Fiascos (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: Journal of European Public Policy, 23 (5) (2016), 685-701, doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2015.1127272
• Counterfactual Reasoning in Foreign Policy Analysis: The Case of German Non-participation in the Libya Intervention of 2011(co-authored with Mischa Hansel), in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 12 (2) (2016), 109-127, doi.org/10.1111/fpa.12054
• Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 16 (4) (2014), 555-571, doi.org/10.1111/1467-856X.12025
• Delineating the Scope Conditions of the Poliheuristic Theory of Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Noncompensatory Principle and the Domestic Salience of Foreign Policy (co-authored with Klaus Brummer), in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 10 (1) (2014), 23-41, www.jstor.org/stable/24910785
• The Politics of Discretionary Government Commitments to European Integration Referendums, in: Journal of European Public Policy, 20 (5) (2013), 684-701, doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2012.751715
• The Politics of Avoiding Referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon, in: Journal of European Integration, 35 (1) (2013), 73-89, doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2012.671309
• Thinking Alike? Salience and Metaphor Analysis as Cognitive Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis (co-authored with Alexander Spencer), in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 9 (1) (2013), 39-56, www.jstor.org/stable/24910747
• National Role Conceptions, Domestic Constraints and the New ‘Normalcy’ in German Foreign Policy: the Eurozone Crisis, Libya and Beyond, in: German Politics, 21 (4) (2012), 502-519, doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2012.748268
• Prinzipale und Agenten in Zwei-Ebenen-Spielen. Die innerstaatlichen Restriktionen der Europapolitik Großbritanniens unter Tony Blair (2008), Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

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