Foreign Policy in World Politics

This edition provides a comprehensive account of the foreign policy of the major powers, the Middle East, Africa, Scandinavia, Latin America and the European Community in the changing economic environment. While this edition continues to provide an analysis of foreign policy-making mechanisms and goals, it emphasizes the international forces and the international context within which countries and regions interact. Each chapter is written by a specialist and each country and region is covered separately. New features include a new chapter on the evolving foreign policy of the EC, a new essay on Africa, coverage of the recent developments in the Middle East after the Fulf War, a discussion of the foreign policy of a united Germany, an explanation of the radically changing features of Soviet foreign policy, a new section on the UK after Thatcher and an exploration of the new Scandinavian attitudes regarding Western Europe.