The new foreign policy: U.S and comparative foreign policy in the 21st century

Presents tools and lessons developed by scholars over the last half of the 20th century into the 21st and the millenium. Inspired by the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., the book discusses and compares the complexities of various foreign policies. Leaders, their rational choices, cognition and morality are analysed on an individual level. The states' national culture, institutions, domestic politics and society are also analysed. Power, position and foreig policy are analysed acccoding to the level of systems in place. The conclusion summarises the topics discussed using more examples and provides a list of thoughts on foreign policy.|Present foreign policy in the united states differently from the state centred top-down edicts issued by nation-state throughout the twentieth century. New actors and institutions interact with established countries and context in a global environment of increasing complexity.