The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decision-Making and Humanitarian Intervention

Douglas Brommesson is Associate Professor in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. His main research interests include foreign policy analysis, international relations and religion and politics. Most recently, he co-edited the volume Global Community? Transnational and Transdisciplinary Exchanges (2015). His articles have appeared in journals such as Cooperation and Conflict, International Politics, the Journal of International Relations and Development, and the International Review of Sociology.  Ann-Marie Ekengren is Professor in Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research areas are foreign policy decision-making, international relations and party politics. Ekengren is the author of seven books and has published articles in the International Review of Sociology, International Studies Quarterly and Party Politics among others.

1. Mediatization of foreign policy decision-making .- 2. The scope conditions of mediatized foreign policy .- 3. Design and methodological concerns .- 4. Mediatization in the United Nations General Assembly .- 5. Political logic at play in Côte d’Ivoire.- 6. Mixed logics at play in Libya .- 7. Conclusion: towards a theory on the variation of mediatization of foreign policy.