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This collection of essays by renowned scholar Amitai Etzioni aims to provoke reconsiderations of basic assumptions of foreign policy by students, academics and practitioners. With chapters focusing on the Middle East, China and the EU, as well as articles with a more global focus, the book offers thought-provoking and insightful perspectives on international foreign policy which challenge existing academic debate in the field. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of foreign policy and international relations.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Middle East -- 1 The democratization mirage -- 2 No clash of civilizations -- PART II China -- 3 Fighting China? -- 4 A new approach for US-China relations -- PART III EU -- 5 The EU community deficit -- 6 How not to assimilate new immigrants -- PART IV Global -- 7 Defining down sovereignty -- 8 Spheres of influence -- 9 Self-determination: the democratization test -- 10 Privacy vs. security: should tech companies decide? -- Index

Beginning with the premise that Congress has reasserted its role in U.S. foreign policy, the authors of this book describe, analyze, and evaluate how Congress is exercising its formal and informal powers and responsibilities. Five policy studies examine congressional action in major policy areas, placing Congress's behavior in the institutional and political contexts necessary to an understanding and evaluation of the congressional role; in combination, the studies provide an insightful look at some major developments in recent U.S. foreign policy.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- 1 Goals and Constraints -- 2 The 1960 Crisis -- FOREIGN POLICY DURING IKEDA PRIME MINISTERSHIP -- 3 Minimum Defense -- 4 Economic Partnership -- 5 Return to Asia -- FOREIGN POLICY DURING SATO PRIME MINISTERSHIP -- 6 Self-Reliant Defense -- 7 Economic Liberalism -- 8 Japan's Role in Asia -- 9 Japan as a World Power -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Beginning with the premise that Congress has reasserted its role in U.S. foreign policy, the authors of this book describe, analyze, and evaluate how Congress is exercising its formal and informal powers and responsibilities. Five policy studies examine congressional action in major policy areas, placing Congress's behavior in the institutional and

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to Russia's Foreign Policy -- Russia today -- Introducing some key definitions -- Russia's past 125 years: A snapshot -- Russia's political and economic systems today -- Assessing Russia's political and economic system -- Five reasons why Russian foreign policy matters -- How we study foreign policy -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Glossary -- Review questions -- 2 The Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy -- The growth of the Russian state: Milestones and highlights -- Foreign policy of the Russian Empire -- Foreign policy of the Soviet Union -- The Cold War -- Foreign policy reconsidered -- Foreign policy: Events and challenges -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Glossary -- Review questions -- 3 Institutions and Decision-Makers in Russian Foreign Policy -- Historical background -- Present day: Foreign policy management -- The President and the Kremlin -- Other executive institutions -- The legislative branch -- The judicial branch -- Interactions between government and nongovernment structures -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Glossary -- Review questions -- 4 Players and Processes -- On Russia's political ideologies -- Foreign policy and the domestic political climate -- Carriers of ideology: Russian power elites -- The Putin factor in Russia's foreign policy -- Ruling elites and their foreign policy interests -- Political parties and foreign policy -- Political experts -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Glossary -- Review questions -- 5 Principles and Strategies -- Foreign policy principles: An evolution -- Specific principles -- Goals of foreign policy -- Regional priorities -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Glossary -- Review questions -- 6 Russian Policies toward Post-Soviet States -- Key motivations of Russia's foreign policy in the post-Soviet space.

"This edited volume is a tribute to, and a debate with, the scholarship of Walter Carlsnaes and his contribution to the study of foreign policy in both its conceptualization and application. This book probes the theoretical boundaries of Foreign policy analysis, and questions orthodox understandings of the field. It examines the Agency-Structure debate, the question of how human decision-making affects the norms and institutions of international interactions (and vice versa), and analyses how the study of Foreign Policy can be applied to the European Union as a supranational entity devoid of traditional statehood. Contributors offer an in-depth discussion on the intricacies of studying foreign policy, and provide new perspectives on the standing of the EU as a foreign policy entity. Rethinking Foreign Policy will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, Foreign Policy, Global Governance, EU studies, and the work of Walter Carlsnaes"--

Foreign Policy Analysis is the most systematic, thorough guide to core foreign policy approaches, drawing insights from international relations and non-Western perspectives to provide students with a full understanding of theory. Brummer and Opperman put theoretical approaches front and centre without neglecting the right connection with international relations theories. This book challenges Western-centric perspectives on foreign policy analysis and reflects the rise of non-Western scholarship in the field.