The New Foreign Policy: U.S. and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century (New Millennium Books in International Studies) - Softcover

A clear, balanced, and accessible text with no gratuitous jargon. A solid work. -- Robert J. Beck, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Very readable and interesting. Various vignettes are used to good advantage to illustrate multiple perspectives on foreign policy analysis. A nice flagship publication. -- Ole R. Holsti, Duke University This dense yet apprehensible volume is made more accessible via the use of extensive cases to clarify the practical application of scholarly tools. Brief outlines of the content of each chapter's main subject areas significantly enhance the book's utility. Recommended. CHOICE The New Foreign Policy is a well-written, well-organized undergraduate text which integrates theory and examples well and is congruent with the way in which many professors want to introduce foreign policy to their students. I recommend it... -- Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University The New Foreign Policy is a well-written, well-organized undergraduate text which integrates theory and examples welland is congruent with the way in which many professors want to introduce foreign policy to their students. I recommend it. -- Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University

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.