Table of Contents

Michael Cox and Doug Stokes: Introduction: US Foreign Policy - Past, Present and Future 1: Brian Schmidt: Theories of US foreign policy 2: Daniel Deudney: American Exceptionalism Historical contexts 3: Walter LaFeber: The US rise to world power 1776-1945 4: Richard Saul: American foreign policy during the Cold War 5: John Dumbrell: America in the 1990s: searching for purpose 6: Joseph Nye: Obama and smart power Institutions and processes 7: Michael Foley: The foreign policy process: executive, congress, intelligence 8: Beth A. Fischer: Military power and US foreign policy 9: Peter Trubowitz: Regional shifts and US foreign policy 10: Piers Robinson: Media and US foreign policy 11: Christina Rowley and Jutta Weldes: Identities and US foreign policy The United States and the world 12: Toby Dodge: US foreign policy in the Middle East 13: Mike Smith: The USA and the EU 14: Peter Rutland: US foreign policy in Russia 15: Michael Cox: The USA, China, and rising Asia 16: James Dunkerley: US foreign policy in Latin America 17: Robert G. Patman: US foreign policy in Africa Key issues 18: Peter Gowan & Doug Stokes: Global economy 19: Paul Rogers: Global terrorism 20: Robyn Eckersley: Global environment Futures and scenarios 21: Caroline Kennedy-Pipe: American foreign policy after 9/11 22: Anatol Lieven: The future of US foreign policy 23: William Wohlforth, Stephen G. Brooks & Christopher Layne: US primacy or decline?: a debate

About the Author

Michael Cox is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science Doug Stokes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter