Values in Foreign Policy : Investigating Ideals and Interests

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Values in European Foreign Policies: Defending the Enlightenment in Troubled Times/James Mayall. 2. Values and European Foreign Economic Policy: Ideas, Institutions and Interests/Fredrik Erixon. 3. Values in German Foreign Policy: How Changes of Course Created Lasting Values/Amit Das Gupta. 4. Values in US Foreign Policy: ‘America First’ Meets the Pro-Democracy State/William J. Antholis. 5. Reflections on Values in Western Foreign Policy: From the Liberal World Order to Antithetical Values/Bruno Macaes. 6. Values in Russian Foreign Policy: Soviet Values, Revisionism and President Putin/Hari Vasudevan and TatianaShaumyan. 7. Islamic Values in Foreign Policy: Perspectives on ‘Secular’ Turkey and ‘Islamic’ Iran/Mehmet Ozkan and Kingshuk Chatterjee. 8. Values in Indian Foreign Policy: Lofty Ideals Give Way to Parochial Pragmatism/Krishnan Srinivasan. 9. Values in Myanmar’s Foreign Policy: Neutralism, Isolationism and Multi-Engagement/Sanjay Pulipaka and ChawChaw Sein. 10. Values in Indonesian Foreign Policy: Independent and Active Doctrine/Dewi Fortuna Anwar. 11. Values in Chinese Foreign Policy: Culture, Leadership and Diplomacy/Zhang Lihua. 12. Values in South Korean Foreign Policy: Search for New Identity as a ‘Middle Power’/Lee Seong-hyon. 13.    Values in Japanese Foreign Policy: Between ‘Universal Values’ and the Search for Cultural Pluralism /Tadashi Anno. 14. Reflections on Values in Asian Foreign Policy: ASEAN’s Three Principles/Ravi Velloor. Index.

This book covers all aspects of the tension between values and national priorities, with specific reference to the leading countries of today. The volume explores the effect of the enlightenment, colonialism, modernity and post-modernity in determining contemporary value systems which are often uncomfortable in their interface with each other. This book, written in accessible, non-technical language, will be of interest and benefit to policy-makers and practitioners of foreign policy, as well as the academic community. It will be equally valuable to anyone interested in international relations. Written by specialists in the field of foreign relations, this is the closest examination ever made of the impulses which drive the foreign policies of the world’s most important countries, touching on the legacies of religion, civilization, culture and history. (jacket)