Explaining foreign policy. International diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian war

The volume Explaining Foreign Policy. International Diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War byHans Mouritzenand Anders Wivel has just been published by the prestigeous publisher Lynne Rienner, Boulder-Colorado and London.

"An excellent study, The authors develop an innovative, detailed framework to explain the why of foreign policy decisions" -Roger Kanet, University of Miami

- This book provides an original model for explaining foreign policy behavior linking systemic, geopolitical and intra-state levels. It explains when, how and why each level of analysis should be used. This makes it an ideal starting point for anyone interested in foreign policy explanation.
- The theory's applicability is illustrated by a detailed case study of the diplomacy surrounding the Russo-Georgian war free of the political bias of many analyses of this conflict.
- This is one of the first scholarly books to take advantage of the sources provided by WikiLeaks.

The book is intended for:

- Scholars and students with an interest in foreign policy behavior
- Scholars and students with an interest in the post-Soviet space in general and southern Caucasus in particular
- Policy-makers with an interest in the post-Soviet space in general and southern Caucasus in particular
- Scholars, students and policy-makers with an interest in US and European foreign policy

The book (hardback, 223 pp.) can be purchased (45$) atLynne Rienner Publishers, by visitingEurospanor BY e-mail toeurospan@turpin-distribution.com


A book launch will be held at DIIS in the afternoon of 28 March with Christopher Hill (Cambridge), Asle Toje (Oslo), Flemming Spidsboel (FAK, Cph.) and the authors. Further details to come.


The book is part of the output from a foreign policy project cofinanced by the Danish Social Science Research Council (FSE), the University of Copenhagen, and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), the latter having also hosted the project led by Hans Mouritzen.