Schmidt 155 Introduction 156 Realism and National Security 159 Security Studies and
National Security 162 National Security and American Grand Strategy 164 Conclusion 168 …

War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

Freed from the shackles imposed by the Cold War, many states have chosen to make radical
changes in their foreign policy orientations. This trend is reflected within Foreign Policy …

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 …

In den drei vorangegangenen Kapiteln wurde die Entwicklung deutscher Außenpolitik aus
einer systemischen oder Vogelperspektive betrachtet. Dabei haben wir gleichsam eine …

Wenn die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland charakterisiert wird, fehlt nur selten
der Begriff des Multilateralismus. 1 Das Bestreben, außenpolitische Ziele nach Möglichkeit …

What determines the occurrence, the scope, and the timing of major changes in foreign
policy? In approaching this question, the author focuses on the “stabilizers” of foreign policy …

International relations studies have been unable to determine whether realist or liberal
theories better fit state behavior in various situations, possibly because these studies have …

Integrating theory and case studies, this cogent text explores the processes and factors that
shape foreign policy. In her thoroughly revised and updated edition, Laura Neack considers …

Few scholars have attempted to uncover the constraints and stimuli underlying the ability of
nations to engage in fundamental changes to the direction of their foreign policies. In this …