After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World

In the political landscape emerging from the end of the Cold War, making US foreign policy has become more difficult, due in part to less clarity and consensus about threats and interests. This text explores the changing international situation since 1991 and examines the characteristics and patterns of policy-making emerging in response to a post-Cold War world. The essays examine areas such as the US effort to recast its roles, interests and purpose at home and abroad in a political environment where policy-making has become increasingly decentralized and democratized. The volume includes case studies that focus on China, Russia, Bosnia, Somalia, democracy promotion, foreign aid and NAFTA. Together these chapters describe how policy-making after 1991 compares to that of other periods and suggests how foreign policy will develop in the future.