Publisher's Synopsis
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.
