The New Foreign Policy: U.S. and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

by Laura Neack

Foreign policy in the new millennium looks different from the traditional state-centered, top-down edicts issued by nation states throughout the 20th century. New actors and new institutions interact with established countries and contexts in a global environment of increasing complexity. Laura Neack draws on examples that range from the Dalai Lama and Pinochet to Amnesty International and Al Qaeda to illustrate the changing character of foreign policymaking and also to suggest its powerful effects in a world turned upside down as much by peacemaking as by terrorism.

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First published August 6, 2002

Reviews

[Moses · Rating 5 out of 5]

readable, introduced to foreign policy. many level of analysis (individual, States and system), and multiple angles to understand how the stuff of foreign policy are made.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book and have gained a lot of ideas about the US foreign policy and how it has been corrupted. For example Clinton and his FP with CHina. It also stresses the need for multiple parties and representation on the international sphere, so I have gained much for my essay about small states. I still have a bit to read though.