Uncertainty in Global Politics

1 Introduction: Approaches to Uncertainty in Global Politics PART I. Uncertainty and Ordinary People 2 Beyond "Bluffing": The Weaponization of Uncertainty in Russia's War Against Ukraine 3 "Politics of Uncertainty" in Practice: The Belarusian 2020 Presidential Election PART II. Uncertainty and the State 4 Arming up in Uncertainty: Congressional Response to Missile Defense Test Failures 5 "Why Didn't They See It Coming?" Ground-level Diplomats, Foreign Policy, and Unconstitutional Regime Change PART III. Uncertainty in International Policy and Law 6 Legal Uncertainty and the Making of Maritime Boundaries 7 Governing Uncertainty during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Change in Science-Policy Interfaces and Gender-Specific Effects in Europe 8 Whitewashing Green Swans: Sustainable Finance and the Epistemic Foundations of Policy Paradigms PART IV. Uncertainty at the Global Level 9 Uncertainty and Fiji's Role in Shifting Norms on State-led Responses to Climate Mobilities 10 Uncertain Uncertainty in Global Disaster Diplomacy 11 Orbital Uncertainty and the Governance of Outer Space Activities 12 Anticipatory Norm-building and the (Un)Making of Uncertainty: The Norm against Autonomous Weapons Systems PART V. Embracing Uncertainty in IR Research 13 Studying Global Politics in Adverse Conditions: The Uncertainty Spectrum 14 Making Friends with Uncertainty: Hopeful Futurities in Telling Stories about Global Politics 15 Conclusion: Responses to Uncertainty in Global Politics