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While the field of foreign policy has generated an impressive amount of research, there is still much to be explored and explained of the way in which regime types (totalitarian and democratic) influence the dynamics of state behavior at the international level. The present study examines in a comparative way the characteristics that influence the process of foreign policy making in totalitarian and democratic states. This can help achieve a better understanding of their foreign policy decisions and also help reveal valuable patterns in their decision making process. For the purpose of the present study, the United States of America and the People`s Republic of China were chosen as representative cases of the above mentioned highly contrasting regimes. The foreign policy and diplomatic relationship of the two countries is analyzed on the period between the 1940s and the 1970s using comparative foreign policy analysis, their differences providing a fertile ground for comparison.

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There has been a growing pressure on foreign policy-makers in Canada and other societies to pay more attention to religion as they study international relations, formulate policies, conduct diplomacy, and deliver programs abroad. This pressure is multifaceted and has both domestic and international sources. Yet, for a variety of reasons, "negotiating the religious dimension" abroad carries important caveats. The purpose of this paper is to review the rationale for including religion in the policy process and to work through some of the methodological and normative challenges this endeavour represents for scholars and practitioners. It argues for a modest facilitative approach to creating safe and inclusive forums within which ideas with religious dimensions could be broached and contested.

Asian-Americans and American Foreign Policy.
Myron WEINER
It is legitimate in the United States for naturalized citizens to seek to influence their adopted country's foreign policy on behalf of their country of origin. There are three reasons : (1) the American legal framework regarding constitutional rights ;
(2) the system of separation of powers which assigns Congress a role in foreign policy ; and (3) a widely shared ideology. There are historically well-established patterns of foreign policy involvement by Americans of European origin. This article shows how 4.5 million Americans of Asian extraction — Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Laotians, Kampucheans, Koreans, and Asian Indians — follow similar patterns of behavior. Three patterns are identified : (1) migrants press the U.S. to pursue policies beneficial to their home country ; (2) migrants are hostile to the regime of their country of origin, often for its human rights violations ; and
(3) migrants who were ethnic minorities at home support their ethnic kinfolk seeking greater autonomy or independence.

The chapter aims to provide an overview of the main challenges of foreign policy analysis in contemporary politics. After introducing the ways in which foreign policy analysis is addressed in the internationalist political literature, with a focus on policy formulation and decision-making understood as public policy, the authors focus on some of the main challenges that foreign policy scholars are called upon to face. In particular, the themes of (de)globalization and (dis)information are deepened, pointing out the reinforcement of the state and the risks connected to an increasing cognitive confusion.