Most Americans assume that U.S. foreign policy is determined by democratically elected leaders who define and protect the common good of the citizens and the na
The book's basic analytic assumption is that there is a distinction between state and society. "Defending the National Interest" shows that the problem for poli
This is the first systematic and critical analysis of the concept of national interest from the perspective of contemporary theories of International Relations,
The United States has been marked by a highly politicized and divisive history of foreign policy-making. Why do the nation's leaders find it so difficult to def
Although the term national interest has long been used in reference to the foreign policy goals of nations, there has been no generally agreed upon definition o