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In Canada, Latin America, and the New Internationalism Brian Stevenson argues that Canada's foreign policy toward Latin America has been profoundly affected by these three factors and has evolved in response to both changing domestic demands and shifting international circumstances. By analysing a pivotal period in Canada-Latin American relations, he shows us how successive Canadian governments made important initiatives toward closer relationships with Latin America and were also pressured by non-governmental organizations to play a bigger role in the region. Canada's increased role can be seen in official foreign policy commitments, such as the decision to join the Organization of American States, and in policy decisions on political refugees. He explains that while the United States has played a key role in sometimes constraining Canadian foreign policy in the region, it is important to realize that Canadian foreign policy has been steadied by a long-standing tradition of internationalism. Canada, Latin America, and the New Internationalism demonstrates that the tradition of internationalism in Canadian foreign policy as viewed from the perspective of foreign policy analysis provides the framework within which to understand and accommodate changes in its policy toward Latin America. The period which the book explores is critical in order to understand the contemporary nature and future direction of Canada-Latin America relations.

The optimism of the 1980s about the prospects of integrating the moderate Islamic movement in the process of democratization has been undermined by the growing repressive political climate of the 1990s. The existing autocratic regimes proved to be as resilient and tenacious as their radical Islamic opponents. Although the acceptance of democracy by the moderate Islamic movements is the ideal, their participation in elections in a repressive environment entails severe risks, leading in extreme cases to the loss of credibility and marginalization. In this paper past strategies of the moderate Islamic movements in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine are compared. Taking part in elections is regarded as just one option, which has not always been the optimal one. Also the internal structure of the moderate Islamic movement is looked into for its democratic potential. (RECIPE/DÜI)

While it has been well-documented when and how leaders matter in foreign policy, there is still no clear roadmap on how to connect and investigate the different possibilities that leadership studies offer for the benefit of role theory development. Thus, this article lays the foundation for a dialogue between role theory and leader-based approaches to foreign policy. We approach this as a "glass half full" as leaders are present in role theory, but not properly integrated in terms of theorization and methods to study their influence on the overall selection of roles. We present a range of possible ways to study the beliefs and personal characteristics of leaders and other motivational approaches that inform and shape their role selection process. A better integration of the individual level can give foreign policy scholars and practitioners a more complete picture of why governments decide to prioritize certain roles over others. Introducing a way forward in establishing a more robust connection between leaders and the roles of the state also provides scholars with a more complete toolkit to analyze and unpack agent–structure relations in foreign policy.

"Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Analysis: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media" published on by Oxford University Press.

В статье рассматривается советский внешнеполитический анализ Кипра с 1946 по 1953 год. Научная новизна исследования заключается в исследовании внешней политики СССР в отношении развития политических событий, касающихся Кипра и восточного Средиземноморья. Проблема проанализирована на основе архивных источников, почерпнутых из фондов Архива Внешней Политики Российской Федерации (АВП РФ). Цель статьи – тщательное исследование советского анализа Кипра в период 1946-1953 гг. С целью более подробного рассмотрения темы было необходимо выполнить ряд следующих задач. Во-первых, раскрыть – как вопрос о будущем Кипра стал предметом советского анализа. Во-вторых, рассмотреть позицию Советского Союза в отношении Энозиса (объединения) острова с Грецией. В-третьих, объяснить логику советского анализа противоречий его конкурентов в регионе большой геополитической важности. Автором были подробно рассмотрены дипломатические сообщения, направленные из советского посольства в Греции, с целью вывода, что Москва подробно анализировала политические события вокруг Кипра еще до своего участия в событиях на нем в середине 1950-х годов. Наряду с этим, в работе также подчеркивается отказ Кремля от более тесного сотрудничества с греческими коммунистами в период греческой гражданской войны.