This book shows that political narratives can promote or thwart the prospects for international cooperation and are major factors in international negotiation processes in the 21st century.

Section I: Theories, Concepts, Approaches 1. Introduction: Narratives, Political Identity and International Negotiation Fen Osler Hampson and Amrita Narlikar 2. Bargaining in Muslim Arabia: Narrative Lessons From the Qoran, Hadith, and 1001 Nights William Zartman Section II: Narratives of Foreign Policies and Economic Negotiations 3. Germany, Europe, and the Power of Narratives Thomas Bagger 4. St George triumphs: The Brexit narrative and negotiations Brendan Vickers 5. A Win-Win Compromise: How Canada Won at Home While America Came First in NAFTA Renegotiations Meredith Lilly 6. The 5G Debate: Competing Narratives in the New Tech War Oliver Stuenkel 7. Negotiating the Internet Fen Hampson and Paul Twomey8. The Technology Nexus of AI/ML/Data: Narratives as Agents of Change and Lock-in Dan Ciuriak, Maria Ptashkina and Vlada Rodionova Section III: Narratives of Peace and Conflict Negotiations 9. The Role of Narratives in Negotiations: The Case of the FARC and Colombia Sophie Haspeslagh and I William Zartman 10. The Making of War Heroes: Narratives, Negotiations, and Former Warring Parties in Post-Conflict Societies Julia Strasheim 11. Narratives and Negotiations in Foreign Aid: How Post-Genocide Rwanda Uses Narratives to Influence Perceptions of Power Haley J. Swedlund 12. Narratives, Negotiation, and the Iraq Wars Rodger A. Payne 13. Memory and Narratives of Hate and Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Societies Valérie Rosoux 14. Discordant Narratives: India and the US in the Indo-Pacific Samir Saran and Akhil Deo 15. Narratives in Regional Arms Control Negotiations: The Iran Agreement Henner Fürtig 16. The Rise and Fall of Arms Control: How Narratives Impacted US-Russia Post-Cold War Arms Control Negotiations Mikhail Troitskiy Section IV: Conclusion 17. Lessons for Theory and Practice Fen Osler Hampson and Amrita Narlikar