Foreign policy : theories, actors, cases

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Cover Contents in brief Detailed contents Foreword How to use this book Guided tour of the Online Resource Centre Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction The contemporary relevance of foreign policy Foreign policy theory: disciplinary groundings Organization of the third edition Section 1 Foreign policy analysis 1 The history and evolution of foreign policy analysis Introduction: three paradigmatic works Classic FPA scholarship (1954–1993) The psychological and societal milieux of foreign policy decision making FPA self-reflection in the late 1970s and 1980s Conclusion: contemporary FPA’s research agenda 2 Realism and foreign policy Introduction What is realism? The development of realist theories Realist analysis of foreign policy Using realism in analysing foreign policy Conclusion: hedgehogs, foxes, and analysing foreign policy 3 Liberalism and foreign policy Introduction Liberalism Liberal foreign relations Mitigating trade-offs Conclusion 4 Constructivism and foreignpolicy Introduction What is constructivism? Applied constructivism The essence of constructivism Constructivism meets foreign policy Conclusion 5 Discourse analysis, post-structuralism, and foreign policy Introduction Post-structuralism Studying foreign policy discourses Conclusion—the scope, strengths, and weaknesses of discourse analysis Section 2 Analysing foreign policy 6 Actors, structures, andforeign policy analysis Introduction Historical backgroundA The role of actors and structures in ‘process’ approaches to FP The role of actors and structures in ‘policy’ approaches to FP Conclusion 7 Foreign policy decision making Introduction Commonsensical understandings of rationality Psychological models: the ‘cognitive revolution’ Neuroscience, emotion, and computation Conclusion 8 Implementation and behaviour Introduction When actors meet their environment—theoretical issues The practical importance of context The instruments of foreign policy Conclusion 9 Public diplomacy Introduction The origins and evolution of public diplomacy Defining the new public diplomacy Theorizing public diplomacy Public diplomacy in action Public diplomacy 2.0 Conclusion 10 The role of media and public opinion Introduction Public opinion and foreign policy Media and foreign policy Procedural versus substantive criticism and influence Media, public opinion, and theoretical frames New developments: organized persuasive communication and the ‘war on terror’ Conclusion 11 The primacy of national security Introduction Realism and national security Security studies and national security National security and American grand strategy Conclusion 12 Economic statecraft Introduction Economic statecraft: instruments and objectives Economic sanctions: not always successful, but still useful Economic incentives: an under-appreciated instrument of statecraft? Economic interdependence: source of political harmony or conflict? Conclusion 13 Duties beyond borders Introduction Duties beyond borders Theories of foreign policy and duties beyond borders Are foreign policies becoming kinder and gentler? The tragedy of Rwanda Libya: case of interests or responsibilities? Conclusion Section 3 Foreign policy case studies 14 The Cuban Missile Crisis Introduction Operation Anadyr Why missiles in: four hypotheses Why American blockade Why Soviet withdrawal of missiles from Cuba Epilogue: three conceptual frameworks for analysing foreign policy 15 Canada and antipersonnel landmines Introduction The context The process Establishing a legacy, planning for the future 16 Neoconservatism and the domestic sources of American foreign policy Introduction Neoconservatism as a domestic source of American foreign policy The four tenets of neoconservative foreign policy thought Neoconservatives and the slaying of the Iraqi monster Neoconservatism in the context of other factors Conclusion 17 China and the Tian’anmen Crisis of June 1989 The external consequences of China’s open-door policy The human rights issue before Tian’anmen The Tian’anmen crackdown Immediate foreign policy consequences China’s foreign policy response to sanctions The deepening of China’s involvement with human rights China’s emergence as a significant global actor Conclusion 18 India and the World Trade Organization Introduction From the margins of the GATT to the core of the WTO The political economy of rising influence Institution-specific explanations: learning to negotiate successfully Negotiating culture: an explanatory variable The burden of rising power Conclusion 19 Rising Brazil and South America Introduction Brazilian diplomacy: methods and mechanisms Three keys to Brazil’s rise Why South America? Power without leadership Conclusion 20 Australia and global climate change Introduction Global climate change and the UNFCCC Australia and the dilemmas of climate action Australia and the global climate regime Conclusion 21 Israeli–Egyptian (in)security Introduction The legacies of the Six-Day War of 1967 Foreign policy thematics Conclusion 22 What kind of power? European Union enlargement and beyond Introduction EU foreign policy The Big Bang enlargement Beyond enlargement: EU foreign policy in the neighbourhood Conclusion: transformative power or political dwarf? 23 Energy and foreign policy Introduction The role of energy in foreign policy Energy in post-Cold War reform Pre-crisis Security of supply crisis Foreign policy perspectives Conclusion 24 The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria Introduction From popular uprising to civil war Meddling, mediating, muddling through Great power cooperation and conflict Conclusion Glossary Endnotes Bibliography Subject Index