Professionalization Of Foreign Policy

Author : Michael Haas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031371523

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Professionalization of Foreign Policy by Michael Haas Pdf

This book identifies why presidents, prime ministers, and other leaders of countries often make blunders in foreign policy. Blunders have been recognized within the study of foreign policy, but no central methodology or theory has developed to provide a way to avoid future disasters. Options are often presented to leaders of countries by advisers who do not always assess which policies will best serve national interests. Presidents, prime ministers, and other leaders of countries then have their legacy judged accordingly. Therefore, the book reviews existing efforts at developing theories of foreign policy to determine why they have failed. Instead of allowing a discipline with a lot of competing theories to continue to flounder, the book consolidates all approaches and develops a new professional format that will serve to professionalize foreign policy decision-making so that fewer key decisions are ever again considered blunders.

Author : Costas M. Constantinou,Noé Cornago,Fiona McConnell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004340725

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Transprofessional Diplomacy by Costas M. Constantinou,Noé Cornago,Fiona McConnell Pdf

Diplomacy is no longer restricted to a single vocation nor implemented exclusively through interaction amongst official representatives. The pluralization of diplomatic actors, the expanded diplomatic space and the internsified pace of global interconnections have transformed diplomacy into a transprofessional exercise.

Author : Charalampos Babis Karpouchtsis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783658443702

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German Foreign Policy and Greek Martyr Communities by Charalampos Babis Karpouchtsis Pdf

Author : Peter Lambert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230118270

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Latin American Foreign Policies by Peter Lambert Pdf

In recent years several Latin American countries have adopted a more assertive and autonomous stance in their foreign policy. The growing rejection of neo-liberalism as an ideological dogma seems to have given space to more pragmatic stances in favour of national interests.

Author : A. Svendsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137269362

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The Professionalization of Intelligence Cooperation by A. Svendsen Pdf

An insightful exploration of intelligence cooperation (officially known as liaison), including its international dimensions. This book offers a distinct understanding of this process, valuable to those involved in critical information flows, such as intelligence, risk, crisis and emergency managers.

Author : Miriam M. Müller
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783839432259

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A Spectre is Haunting Arabia by Miriam M. Müller Pdf

Radical ideologies may manifest differently at first, but they do follow a similar logic: truth claims, promises of salvation and a unifying common enemy. In Yemen's transition process today, the secessionist movement Al-Hirak has summoned the spirit of South Yemen, the only Marxist state in Arabia. This book meticulously describes how East Germany supported the implantation of this alien ideology in Yemen through its policy of »Socialist state- and nation-building«. In the same breath, the analysis captures the GDR's activities in the Middle East and their vital role in Moscow's Cold War strategy. Last but least, the study provides one of the few compact overviews of East German foreign policy in the English language of today.

Author : David M. Lampton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804740562

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The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform by David M. Lampton Pdf

This is the most comprehensive, in-depth account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is made and implemented during the reform era. It includes the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook field research in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Author : Knud Erik Jorgensen,Aasne Kalland Aarstad,Edith Drieskens,Katie Laatikainen,Ben Tonra
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473914438

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The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy by Knud Erik Jorgensen,Aasne Kalland Aarstad,Edith Drieskens,Katie Laatikainen,Ben Tonra Pdf

During the last two decades the study of European foreign policy has experienced remarkable growth, presumably reflecting a more significant international role of the European Union. The Union has significantly expanded its policy portfolio and though empty symbolic politics still exists, the Union’s international relations have become more substantial and its foreign policy more focused. European foreign policy has become a dynamic policy area, being adapted to changing challenges and environments, such as the Arab Spring, new emerging economies/powers; the crisis of multilateralism and much more. The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, Two-Volume set, is a major reference work for Foreign Policy Programmes around the world. The Handbook is designed to be accessible to graduate and postgraduate students in a wide variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Both volumes are structured to address areas of critical concern to scholars at the cutting edge of all major dimensions of foreign policy. The volumes are composed of original chapters written specifically to the following themes: · Research traditions and historical experience · Theoretical perspectives · EU actors · State actors · Societal actors · The politics of European foreign policy · Bilateral relations · Relations with multilateral institutions · Individual policies · Transnational challenges The Handbook will be an essential reference for both advanced students and scholars.

Author : Lina Benabdallah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780472054541

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Shaping the Future of Power by Lina Benabdallah Pdf

"China's rise to power has become one of the most discussed questions in both International Relations Theory (IRT) and Foreign Policy circles. Although power has been a core concept of IRT for a long time, the faces and mechanisms of power as it relates to Chinese foreign policy making has reinvigorated and changed the contours of that debate. With the rise of China and other powers across the global political arena comes a new visibility for different kinds of encounters between states, particularly between China and other Global South states. These encounters are made more visible to IR scholars now because of the increasing influence and impact that rising powers are making in the international system. This book shows foreign policy encounters between rising powers and Global South states do not necessarily exhibit the same logics, behaviors, or investment strategies of Euro-American hegemons. Instead, they have distinctive features that require new theoretical frameworks for their analysis. Shaping the Future of Power probes the type of power mechanisms that build, diffuse, and project China's power in Africa. It is necessary to take into account the processes of knowledge production, social capital formation, and skills transfers in Chinese foreign policy toward African states to fully understand China's power building mechanisms. These elements are crucial for the relational power framework to capture both the material aspects and ideational people-centered aspects to power. By examining China's investments in human resource development programs for Africa, the book examines a vital, yet undertheorized, aspect of China's foreign policy making"--

Author : Niall Duggan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811388132

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Competition and Compromise among Chinese Actors in Africa by Niall Duggan Pdf

This book explains why conflict exists among Chinese foreign-policy actors in Africa and argues against the concept that China has a grand strategy in relation to Africa. It does so by examining Sino-African relations by focusing on how China’s Africa policy is constructed and implemented concluding that a large number of actors are active in its formulation and implementation. The book argues that China’s Hegemonic Political Discourse (HPD), the goal of achieving a Harmonious Society and later the Chinese Dream through the Scientific Concept of Development, has dominated Chinese political discourse. It is this HPD that acts as the structural imperative that allows for collective action in the Chinese foreign-policy process in Africa rather than a Chinese grand strategy since the actors are unwilling to break the social norms of the collective process for fear of exclusion. This book will be of great interest to China watchers and those eager to understand how China's rise will impact the developing world.

Author : Charles A. Stevenson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781452289908

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America's Foreign Policy Toolkit by Charles A. Stevenson Pdf

How is foreign policy in the United States really crafted? In America's Foreign Policy Toolkit, Charles A. Stevenson identifies what the key foreign policy tools are, which are best for which tasks, and what factors constrain or push how they're used, bringing fresh insight into the challenges facing national security decisionmakers. Engagingly written with examples drawn from "behind the scenes," Stevenson brings depth and dimension to the institutions and processes of foreign policy. This brief text looks first at the historical context and then in turn at the tools available to the president and congress, and to the shared budgetary tools. The following section surveys each of the diplomatic, economic, military, intelligence, homeland security, and international institutions instruments. The book concludes by considering the limitations of the U.S. toolkit. Each chapter ends with a case study that connects the theory of the toolkit with the realities of decisionmaking.

Author : Xiaohong Liu
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ambassadors
ISBN : 0295980281

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Chinese Ambassadors by Xiaohong Liu Pdf

XIAOHONG LIU Xiaohong Liu brings twelve years of personal experience in the Chinese foreign service to this pathbreaking study. Drawing on her own direct observations, interviews, and newly available Chinese sources, she examines four generations of Chinese ambassadors, who served from 1949 to 1994. She charts the evolution of the Chinese diplomatic corps from its early military orientation to the emergence of career professionals and assesses the impact of various ambassadors on Chinese foreign policy. Chinese Ambassadors will appeal to readers interested in Chinese foreign affairs, international relations, and diplomacy.

Author : David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442219700

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Tangled Titans by David L. Shambaugh Pdf

"Tangled Titans offers the most current and comprehensive assessment available of United States-China relations. In this definitive book, leading experts consider the past, present, and future of this complex relationship through an in-depth exploration of its historical, domestic, bilateral, regional, and global contexts. Never in modern history have two great powers been so deeply intertwined, yet so suspicious and potentially antagonistic. Readers will find Tangled Titans essential reading to understand the current dynamics and future direction of relations between the world's two most important powers."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814792575

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American Foreign Policy Toward Latin America in the 80s and 90s by Howard J. Wiarda Pdf

This thoughtful, controversial book, by one of the country's leading Latin America scholars, examines the fundamental tenets and ideologies behind America's policy towards Latin America over the course of the last three administrations. Howard Wiarda, who has served as a consultant for the State Department, the Department of the Army, the National Security Council, the Kissinger Commission, and the White House, is ideally situated to provide an insider account of policy decisions and process during the Reagan-Bush era. The combination of Wiarda's academic background and his hands-on knowledge of Washington practices and processes results in a volume that is extremely readable and will serve as a vital link between the scholarly and policymaking communities. Wiarda supplements his incisive analysis on the role of the military in Latin America, shifting U.S. strategic policy, democracy and human rights, and the problems presented by dictators in decline with illuminating case studies of Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, South America, and the Caribbean. The result is a book that will be of interest to both scholars and students of American foreign policy and Latin American studies, as well as policymakers and analysts.

Author : Richard Kohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0415711657

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Civil-Military Relations in the United States by Richard Kohn Pdf

This volume comprises the best essays of Prof. Richard Kohn focusing on civilian control of the military in American history and contemporary national security affairs. One of the oldest problems of human society has been preventing armies from overthrowing their governments. From ancient times to the present–from Caesar crossing the Rubicon to Egypt's army hovering in the in the background as the ultimate arbiter of power to newly-installed Chinese leader Xi Jinping taking control of China's military instead of leaving that to his predecessor as was practice for nearly forty years–civilian control of the military has been crucial to political life. The founders of the United States certainly understood this principle. They wrote explicit provisions into the first state and federal constitutions to assure it. For over two centuries, American security has rested on the foundation of military subordination to civilian authority, with little worry about a coup or even an attempt. Yet the relationship between the most senior military officers and the political leadership have been anything but smooth, and in recent years the chains of civilian control have weakened – not to the point of direct challenges to civilian authority, but in the relative influence of the military in policy and decision making, the deference of politicians to generals, and a growing belief that the relationship has been so filled with tension and distrust as to endanger the country's security. This book will be of much interest to students of US politics, American history, civil-military relations and military studies in general.