The Transformation of Foreign Policy

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By understanding foreign policy as boundary-producing practices, The Transformation of Foreign Policy is a welcome contribution to move Foreign Policy Analysis beyond the study of decision-making processes. This take asks for a more historical perspective, covering the delimitation of social spaces across time from well before the Westphalian system, as in the early Greek and Medieval polities. It also invites for a reflexive analysis of these historical practices in their production of political, legal, civilizational and also racial lines. The volume shows ways of, and makes a persuasive call for, redrawing the contours of International Relations with historical and legal expertise. * Stefano Guzzini, Danish Institute for International Studies, Uppsala University, and PUC-Rio de Janeiro * As the European Union wrestles with borders, and the question of what is foreign and what is domestic policy becomes blurred, this book could not be more timely. It moves from the present to the past, and back again, taking in the Treaties of Westphalia and the migrant crisis of today. Never before have history and political science been more relevant and more needed. * Brendan Simms, Professor in the History of International Relations, University of Cambridge * An inspiring and extremely useful volume on the history and historicity of foreign policy by some of Europes keenest authorities on the limits of the state and sovereignty. Legal scholars, political scientists, and IR specialists will all benefit from the historical turn that leads the authors of these essays to survey and dissect the transformations in conceptions and applications of foreign policy and diplomacy, from ancient Greece to the contemporary world. * Glenda Sluga, ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of International History, FAHA, University of Sydney *