Foreign Policy Theories, Actors, Cases

This ground breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With a unique combination of theories, actors and cases in a single volume, the expert contributors provide students with a valuable and accessible introduction to what foreign policy is and how it is conducted. With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedicated to relevant and topical case studies where foreign policy analysis approaches and theories are applied. The expert team of contributors clearly conveys the connection between international relations theory, political science, and the development of foreign policy analysis, emphasizing the key debates in the academic community. The text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, which provides additional resources for both lecturers and students. For students: - Expand your reading with web links organized by chapter that point you to pertinent articles and useful websites. - Test your understanding of key terms with the flashcard glossary. - Explore the evolution of foreign policy analysis by following an interactive timeline For lecturers: - Use the adaptable PowerPoint slides as the basis for lecture presentations, or as hand-outs in class. - Find out how to use case studies in your teaching with our guide to using case studies - Use the simulation exercises to help your students explore negotiations and debates

1 - The history and evolution of foreign policy analysis
2 - Realism and Foreign Policy
3 - Liberalism and Foreign Policy
4 - Constructivism and Foreign Policy
5 - Discourse Analysis, post-structuralism, and Foreign Policy
6 - Actors, structures and foreign policy analysis
7 - Foreign policy decision making: Rational, psychological, and neurological models
8 - Implementation and behaviour
9 - Public diplomacy
10 - The role of media and public opinion
11 - The primacy of national security
12 - Economic statecraft
13 - Duties beyond borders
14 - The Cuban Missile Crisis
15 - Canada and antipersonnel landmines: the case for human security as a foreign policy priority
16 - Neoconservatism and the domestic sources of American foreign policy: the role of ideas in Operation Iraqi Freedom
17 - China and the Tian'anmen Crisis of June 1989
18 - India and the World Trade Organization
19 - Rising Brazil and South America
20 - Australia and global climate change
21 - Israeli-Egyptian (in)security: The Yom Kippur War
22 - What kind of power? European Union enlargement and beyond
23 - Energy and foreign policy: EU-Russia energy dynamics
24 - The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria

Sir Steve Smith is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. Amelia Hadfield is is Professor of European and International Relations, Head of the Department of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey Tim Dunne is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland.