The catalytic shock of the end of the Cold War and the apparent inability of international
relations (IR) theory to predict this profound change have raised questions about how we …

This succinct yet comprehensive introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) is geared
toward advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Cogently written, clearly …

Examining the history, conceptual breadth, and recent trends in the study of foreign policy
analysis, it is clear that this subfield provides what may be the best conceptual connection to …

In the years since 9/11, followed by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, public attention the
world over has been on foreign policy. From the United States to Yemen, from China to …

DIVIn this landmark work, two leading theorists of international relations analyze the
strategies designed to avoid international conflict. Using a combination of game theory …

Assessments of" bureaucratic politics" have generally proceeded within the confines of
positivist assumptions about science and the production of knowledge. Using positivist …

US-Mexico reconciliation and peaceful coexistence. Four of the Border Patrol watchtowers
in El Paso were dismantled—a small gesture but symbolically rich. A nearly century-old …

" This entirely updated and enlarged Second Edition of a landmark reference/text continues
to provide comprehensive coverage of every important aspect of policy studies--discussing …

Many of the competing intellectual traditions and research programs in world politics share a
core set of metatheoretical assumptions about the process of strategic interaction in politics …

Editor's Note: Unlike previous essay reviews in this journal, this review is a symposium with
a number of different experts reflecting on governmental politics from a variety of …