Justice and Fairness in International Negotiation

International negotiations have become an increasingly widespread feature of international affairs. Cecilia Albin argues that negotiators do not simply pursue their narrow interests or those of their countries, but regularly take principles of justice and fairness into account. Her analysis is based on cases in four important areas: the environment, international trade, ethnic conflict, and arms control. Drawing on a mass of empirical data, including a large number of interviews, she relates the abstract debate over international norms and ethics to the realities of international relations.

Cecilia Albin is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Reading, where she is also Director of the Centre for International Security and Non-Proliferation and Deputy Director of the Graduate School of European and International Studies. She was previously Deputy Director of the Global Security Programme at the University of Cambridge.