Examines the causes and consequences of deadlocks in multilateral settings, and analyses strategies for breaking them.

Introduction Amrita Narlikar; Part I. Disciplinary Insights: 1. The politics of deadlock Andrew Gamble; 2. From Bretton Woods to Havana: multilateral deadlocks in historical perspective Martin Daunton; 3. Talking one's ways out of strikes William Brown; 4. Litigating the way out of deadlock: the WTO, the EU and the UN Markus W. Gehring; Part II. Case Studies: 5. Transatlantic intransigence in the Doha Round: domestic politics and the difficulty of compromise Alasdair R. Young; 6. Know the enemy: uncertainty and deadlock in the WTO Amrita Narlikar and Pieter van Houten; 7. Entering the zone of agreement: the United States in climate change negotiations Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou; 8. The role of informal negotiation processes in breaking deadlocks: the UN Security Council Jochen Prantl; 9. Negotiating international policies on Kosovo Pieter van Houten; 10. Beyond negotiation deadlocks: the importance of mediation and leadership change Jacob Bercovitch and Carmela Lutmar; Conclusion. Case studies as evidence: lessons learned Daniel Druckman and Amrita Narlikar.