This two-volume encyclopedia brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on foreign policy analysis ever produced. In over 100 peer-reviewed entries, readers will find authoritative overviews of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive areas of interest in the realm of foreign policy.
Theoretically,
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis examines traditional approaches derived from international relations, such as realism, liberalism, constructivism, and feminism. It also reviews the domestic politics approaches to foreign policy analysis so frequently used in this subfield, including two-level games, veto players, and diversionary theory. Middle-range theories are also surveyed, including role theory, securitization theory, and other conceptual innovations, such as path dependency and emotions. Additionally, approaches grounded in political psychology and decision making are explored in depth, including entries on beliefs, crisis decision making, the use of analogies and metaphors, and many others.
Methodologically, the essays examine the state of the literature and provide guidance for readers on archival research, historiography, the use of counterfactuals, discourse analysis, simulations, and agent-based models, as well as quantitative methods. The
Encyclopedia also surveys the major actors involved in foreign policy, from society to governmental and global actors. The work also informs readers on the kinds of strategies, tools, and techniques employed by actors through entries on the use of force, arms control, diplomacy, foreign aid, mediation, negotiation, peacekeeping, and sanctions, among other topics. Finally, it covers important substantive issues in foreign policy, including climate change, ethics, immigration, maritime piracy, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism.
Readers seeking in-depth, foundational essays on both core and emerging topics will find comprehensive examinations of the vast and growing literature in foreign policy analysis.
Cameron G. Thies is Professor and Director of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He conducts research in the areas of state building in the developing world, interstate and civil conflict, international trade, foreign policy analysis, and international relations theory. He is the former founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Political Science Research and Methods, and currently Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy Analysis. He recently completed a term as Vice-President of the International Studies Association and was the recipient of the ISA's Ladd Hollist Service Award in 2013, the Foreign Policy Analysis Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016, and the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award in 2017. For The Oxford Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis, Professor Thies was joined by an editorial board: Atsushi Tago, Kobe University; Juliet Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh; Kai Oppermann, University of Sussex; Patrick Haney, Miami University; and Sebastian Harnisch, University of Heidelberg.
