Includes bibliographical references and index.

The analysis of foreign policy in comparative perspective / Juliet Kaarbo, Jeffrey S. Lantis, and Ryan K. Beasley -- British foreign policy : continuity and transformation / Brian White -- French foreign policy : maintaining global ambitions / Adrian Treacher -- German foreign policy : Gulliver's travails in the 21st century / Sebastian Harnisch -- Russian foreign policy : a quest for great power status in a multipolar world / Mariya Omelicheva -- Foreign policy of the People's Republic of China / Zhiqun Zhu -- Japanese foreign policy : the international domestic nexus / Akitoshi Miyashita -- Coming into its own : Indian foreign policy / Tinaz Pavri -- Turkish foreign policy : bridge, buffer, and barrier / Binnur Ozkececi-Taner -- The changing character of Iranian foreign policy / Graeme A. M. Davies -- Nigerian foreign policy : unfilled promise / Olufemi A. Babarinde and Stephen Wright -- South African foreign policy : power and post-apartheid identity / Derick Becker -- Brazil : global power-to-be? / Tullo Vigevani and Gabriel Cepaluni -- Venezuelan foreign policy : petro-politics and paradigm change / Rita Giacalone -- Domestic and international influences on foreign policy : a comparative perspective / Ryan K. Beasley and Michael T. Snarr.