International reviews of 'Explaining Foreign Policy' by DIIS researcher Hans Mouritzen

The 2012 volume Explaining Foreign Policy. International Diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War (Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner) by Hans Mouritzen and Anders Wivel has received its first international reviews:

"Of superior quality.... Highly recommended." Choice

"The authors come up with an original model to assess decisions in international diplomacy, a remarkably balanced, intelligent, and well-informed analysis.... The naiveté (or worse) of much Western writing on the war is revealed. The work is a model of clarity and scholarly exegesis. The authors have no normative or geopolitical axe to grind other than the search for "the truth". At the root of their approach is the belief that there is a truth out there, and they have provided a robust model that allows us to get to that place....a convincing and durable interpretation of one of the most controversial episodes in post-Cold War history. This book is a worthy successor to Allison's Essence of Decision (1971)." Richard Sakwa, The Russian Review

In a Danish context, the book has been reviewed in DR Orientering 5 March, Weekendavisen/Bøger 8 June, and Udenrigs 2/2012 pp. 98-105.

See also:
Lynne Rienner Publishers
or
Valdai Duscussion Club