ABSTRACT

This collection of essays by renowned scholar Amitai Etzioni aims to provoke reconsiderations of basic assumptions of foreign policy by students, academics and practitioners.

With chapters focusing on the Middle East, China and the EU, as well as articles with a more global focus, the book offers thought-provoking and insightful perspectives on international foreign policy which challenge existing academic debate in the field.

It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of foreign policy and international relations.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part I|36 pages

Middle East

chapter 1|15 pages

The democratization mirage

chapter 2|19 pages

No clash of civilizations 1

part II|33 pages

China

chapter 3|19 pages

Fighting China? 1

chapter 4|12 pages

A new approach for US–China relations

part III|25 pages

EU

chapter 5|16 pages

The EU community deficit 1

chapter 6|7 pages

How not to assimilate new immigrants

part IV|62 pages

Global

chapter 7|18 pages

Defining down sovereignty 1

chapter 8|13 pages

Spheres of influence

chapter 10|20 pages

Privacy vs. security

Should tech companies decide? 1