Jackson & Sørensen: Introduction to International Relations 3e 
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Chapter 09
Foreign Policy
9.01. The homepage of the Foreign Policy Association provides information about many different foreign policy topics as e.g. defence and security, global development and terrorism.
www.fpa.org/
9.02. U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index provides links to the homepages of several foreign ministries as well as a comprehensive collection of documents related to foreign policy.
faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/sarantakes/stuff.html
9.03. Click here for access to Yahoo's resources on US foreign policy.
dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Foreign_Policy/
9.04. Click here for access to a comprehensive collection of documents related to American Foreign Policy. The documents, which are primarily from the Cold War period, are provided by Mount Holyoke College.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm
9.05. Here, the US State Department provides an introduction to the foundations of American foreign policy 1969-72.
www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/i/21100.htm
9.06. For information about EU's foreign policy, click here to read the booklet A World Player: The European Union's external relations. The booklet is published by the European Commission.
europa.eu.int/comm/publications/booklets/move/47/en.pdf
9.07. For a discussion of whether globalisation has made nations redundant, click here to read an essay written by Noëlle Burgi and Philip S. Golub. The essay is provided by Global Policy Forum.
www.globalpolicy.org/nations/global.htm
Foreign Policy Analysis
9.08. Click here to visit the homepage of Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA). Among other things, the website provides access to a wide range of reports, studies and articles related to foreign policy analysis.
www.ifpa.org/home.htm
9.09. Click here to read the paper "Approaches to the Study of Foreign Policy Derived from International Relations Theory". The paper, which is written by Volker Rittberger, is provided by ISA. Please note that the paper is a draft.
www.isanet.org/noarchive/rittberger.html
9.10. Here, you can read Niccoló Machiavelli's famous book The Prince. The online version of the book is provided by Fordham University.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/machiavelli-prince.html
9.11. Click here for a comprehensive collection of links to websites on Hugo Grotius. Among other things, you can read Grotius' book On the Law of War and Peace. The website is hosted by The New School.
cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/grotius.htm
9.12. "George F. Kennan on the Web" provides online access to several articles written by George F. Kennan as well as a short biography of Kennan.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2496/future/kennan.html
9.14. Click here to read a short biography of Henry Kissinger. The site is hosted by Nobelprize.org.
nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1973/kissinger-bio.html
9.15. Here, Third World Traveler provides access to "[s]everal articles and book excerpts critical of the former Secretary of State [i.e. Kissinger], and links for related websites".
www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Kissinger/HKissinger.html
9.16. In the essay "Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq war: realism versus neo-conservatism", John J. Mearsheimer discusses whether the classical realism advocated by Morgenthau supports the Iraq war. The essay is provided by openDemocracy.
www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-americanpower/morgenthau_2522.jsp
9.17. Here, Wikipedia provides a short introduction to the term realpolitik.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
9.18. Click here to read the paper "Understanding the Common Foreign and Security Policy: Analytical Building Blocks". The paper is written by Helene Sjursen and is provided by ARENA.
www.arena.uio.no/publications/working-papers2003/papers/wp03_9.pdf
9.19. In their paper "Justifying EU Foreign Policy", Helene Sjursen and Karen E. Smith discuss "the logics underpinning EU enlargement". The paper is provided by ARENA.
www.arena.uio.no/publications/wp01_1.htm
9.20. Here, you can read a paper which compares realist, liberal and constructivist explanations of German foreign policy after 1990. The paper is written by Volker Rittberger and Wolfgang Wagner and is provided by AICGS.
www.aicgs.org/documents/rittberger.pdf
9.21. Click here to read a paper written by Robert O. Keohane. The paper is entitled "Pathways to Fulfillment of Commitments in US Foreign Policy" and is provided by Duke University. Please note that the paper is a draft.
www.poli.duke.edu/dipe/Keohane1.pdf
9.22. For a discussion of realist and liberal influences on US foreign policy debates, click here to read an essay written by Robert S. Litwak. The essay is entitled "The Imperial Republic after 9/11" and is provided by the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars.
wwics.si.edu/topics/pubs/imperial.pdf
9.23. "This thesis explores the prospects for a European foreign policy by comparing identity and role conceptions among British, French and German policy-makers in the 1990s". Click here to read a paper written by Lisbeth Aggestam. The paper is provided by ARENA.
www.arena.uio.no/events/documents/AggestamFEB05.pdf
9.24. Here, you can read a paper written by Henning Boekle, Volker Rittberger and Wolfgang Wagner. The paper is entitled "Norms and Foreign Policy: Constructivist Foreign Policy Theory" and is provided by University of Tübingen.
www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/spi/taps/tap34a.htm
9.25. In his paper "Providentialism, Foreign Policy, and the Ethics of Political Discourse", Rogers M. Smith analyses the discourse behind US foreign policy.
web.mit.edu/polisci/research/wip/RogerSmith.pdf
9.26. Click here for an analysis of "Russian Foreign Policy Discourse during the Kosovo Crisis". The paper is written by Guillaume Colin and is provided CERI.
www.ceri-sciencespo.com/publica/question/qdr12.pdf
Think Tanks
9.27. Here, you can read an analysis of "The Role of Think Tanks in U.S. Foreign Policy". The analysis is provided by the US Department of State.usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/1102/ijpe/ijpe1102.htm
9.28. At this site, the Embassy of the United States in Denmark provides links to the homepages of several American foreign policy think tanks, e.g. the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Council on Foreign Relations, American Enterprise Institution, RAND, Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Heritage Foundation, and the CATO Institute.
www.usembassy.dk/AmericanStudies/ForeignPolicy/ThinkTanks.htm
9.29. Here, Brookings Institute provides a short biography of Ivo Daalder as well as links to online texts written by Daalder.
www.brook.edu/scholars/idaalder.htm
9.30. Click here to read an interview with Robert Kaplan from fall 1999. The interview is provided by America's Defense Monitor.
www.cdi.org/adm/1311/Kaplan.html
9.31. Click here to access the homepage of Thomas Friedman which, among other things, contains several links to columns written by Friedman.
www.thomaslfriedman.com/
9.32. In the essay "America's Phoniest Liberal? Thomas Friedman's Fabrications", John Chuckman discusses Thomas Friedman's view on US foreign policy towards Israel. The essay is provided by Counterpunch.
www.counterpunch.org/chuckman0410.html
9.33. At the site "Find articles", you can find several online articles written by Michael Hirsh.
www.findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=%22Michael+Hirsh%22
9.34. At this site, Greg's Opinion provides an interview with Samantha Power about US foreign policy. The interview was conducted in 2003.
www.gregsopinion.com/archives/005872.html
9.35. Click here to read the essay "How to Escape the Oil Trap" written by Fareed Zakaria. The site, which is hosted by Newsweek, also contains links to other online essays written by Zakaria.
msnbc.msn.com/id/9024768/site/newsweek/
9.36. Click here to access the homepage of the think tank The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.
www-hoover.stanford.edu/
9.37. Another think tank, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, provides research about e.g. Africa and the Middle East. The Royal Institute of International Affairs is also known as Chatham House.
www.chathamhouse.org.uk/
9.38. Here, you can read several publications from Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA).
www.ciia.org/
9.39. "The AIIA is an independent, non-profit organisation seeking to promote interest in and understanding of international affairs in Australia". Click here to visit the homepage of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
www.aiia.asn.au/
9.40. Click here to access the foreign policy section at the homepage of the Brookings Institution.
www.brook.edu/fp/fp_hp.htm
9.41. Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. Click here to visit the homepage of Amnesty International.
www.amnesty.org/
9.42. "Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action". Click here to access the homepage of Greenpeace.
www.greenpeace.org/international/
Foreign Policy Choices
9.43. For thorough information about the Cyprus problem, click here to visit the homepage of Kypros-Net.
www.kypros.org/Cyprus_Problem/
9.44. For an assessment of US foreign policy towards North Korea, click here to read the column "America 's North Korean policy has been in hibernation", written by Donald C. Hellmann. The column was published in The Seattle Times.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002438971_sundayhellman14.html
9.45. Here, you can read another article on US foreign policy towards North Korea. The article, which is written by William R. Polck, is entitled "North Korea, Iran and the United States: the Dangerous Games Nations Play" and is provided by Japan Focus.
www.japanfocus.org/products/topdf/1955
9.46. The MidEast Web provides a "Concise Overview of Recent Israeli-Palestinian History" as well as timelines and information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
www.mideastweb.org/timeline.htm
9.47. Click here for a comprehensive collection of links to websites on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the peace process. The links are provided by Yahoo!.
dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Middle_East/Government/Politics/Israeli_Palestinian_Conflict/
9.48. Click here to read the press statement "A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (April 30, 2003). The press statement is provided by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/roadmap.htm
9.49. For a short overview of the events leading up to the Kosovo crisis in 1999, click here to see the timeline provided by University of the West of England.
www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/Kosovo/Kosovo-chronology3.htm
9.50. Click here for one of CNN's In-Depth Specials: "Focus on Kosovo". Among other things, the website provides background information about the Kosovo conflict and information about the military campaign.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/10/kosovo/
9.51. On this site, NATO provides information about its role in Kosovo, from the historical background to the most recent events.
www.nato.int/kosovo/kosovo.htm
9.52. Click here for a paper which discusses the legitimacy of NATO's 1999 intervention in Kosovo. The paper is written by Hideaki Shinoda and is provided by The Global Site.
www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/press/010shinoda.htm
www.chomsky.info/articles/200005--.htm
9.54. The homepage of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) provides information about the organization as well as links to publications and issues related to the activities of NATO.
www.nato.int/
9.55. In his paper "Nuclear Risk Reduction: Is Cold War Experience Applicable to Southern Asia?", Michael Krepon provides information about nuclear risk reduction during the Cold War as well as an assessment of whether the same measures can be used today. The paper is provided by The Henry L. Stimson Centre.
www.stimson.org/southasia/pdf/NRRMKrepon.pdf
9.56. The National Security Archive at the George Washington University maintains a comprehensive collection of online documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/
9.57. For an assessment of the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), click here to read an article written by Col. Alan J. Parrington. The article was published in Aerospace Power Journal in 1997.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj97/win97/parrin.html
9.58. The homepage of the Terrorism Research Center provides information about terrorists, terrorist attacks as well as several papers on terrorism.
www.terrorism.com/
9.59. Another comprehensive website on terrorism is provided by the Council on Foreign Relations.
cfrterrorism.org/home/
America's National Security Strategy
9.60. Here, Greenfield History site provides information about the Truman doctrine and the policy of containment.
www.johndclare.net/cold_war8_TrumanDoctrine.htm
9.61. For more information about the US policy of containment during the Cold War, click here to read the article "Containment: 40 Years Later: Introduction". The article is written by William G. Hyland and is provided by Foreign Affairs.
www.foreignaffairs.org/19870301faessay7843/none/containment-40-years-later-introduction.html
9.62. For a short introduction to deterrence, click here to read an extract from John Lewis Gaddis' book Strategies of Containment. The extract is provided by Nuclear Files.org.
www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/strategy/strategy-deterrence.htm
9.63. Click here to read George W. Bush's "National Security Strategy of the United States of America" (September 20, 2002).
www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html
9.64. Here, you can read the US National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (February 2003). The publication is provided by CIA.
www.cia.gov/terrorism/publications/Counter_Terrorism_Strategy.pdf
9.65. In his essay "Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security", David C. Hendrickson provides an analysis of US foreign policy after September 11. The essay was published in World Policy Journal, Fall 2002 .
www.betterhelpthanbombs.org/hendrickson.pdf
9.66. For a critique of the doctrine of pre-emption, click here to read an article written by Ivo H. Daalder and James Lindsay. The article was published in Los Angeles Times.
www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/daalder/20040530.htm
9.67. For another critique of the doctrine of pre-emption, click here to read an essay written by Douglas Kellner. The essay is entitled "Preemptive Strikes and the War on Iraq: A Critique of Bush Administration Unilateralism and Militarism" and is provided by UCLA.
www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/essays/preemptivestrikesoniraq.pdf
9.68. Here, National Center for Policy Analysis provides access to a pro-multilateralism debate on unilateralism versus multilateralism as a foreign policy strategy.
www.debate-central.org/topics/2004/LINKS/Multilateralism_vs_Unilateralism/Multilateralism-Pro/
9.69. Click here to read a paper on "U.S. Policy and Practice Regarding Multilateral Peace Operations". The paper is written by Sarah B. Sewall and is provided by Harvard University.
www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp/Web%20Working%20Papers/PKO.pdf
9.70. On this website, Oklahoma Department of Libraries provides links to US Government Documents on Terrorism and September 11, 2001.
www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm
9.71. September 11 News.com provides links to information about 9/11, political reactions to the terrorist attacks, al Qaeda. and many other topics related to 9/11.
www.september11news.com/
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