Localizing foreign policy? Subnational governments and civil society mobilization to recognize and prevent mass-atrocities

This research project examines municipalities and regions as arenas for foreign policy issues. Foreign policy is often seen as a matter for national-level actors. However, in today's globalised world and multicultural societies, such matters are also on the agenda of municipalities and regions. This project focuses on foreign policy issues related to the recognition of genocide, the erection of genocide memorials on municipal land, and how cities and regions take stands against nuclear arms. What opportunities exist for citizens and local politicians to pursue issues that affect them but are also regarded as foreign policy? And how can municipalities and states deal with the increasingly blurred boundaries between local, domestic and foreign policy?