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Foreign Policy Analysis provides a guide to core foreign policy approaches, drawing insights from international relations and non-Western perspectives. Chapters put theoretical approaches front and centre without neglecting the right connection with international relations theories. This book challenges Western-centric perspectives on foreign policy analysis and reflects the rise of non-Western scholarship in the field. After an introduction to the topic, the first part of the book looks at various international relations theories such as realism, liberalism, constructivism, and critical theories. The second part moves on to cover domestic politics approaches and discusses two-level games, organisational behaviour, and bureaucratic politics. The third and final part looks at psychological and cognitive approaches, including examinations of prospect theory, operational code, leadership trait analysis, poliheuristic theory, analogies and metaphors, and the groupthink model. It ends with some perspectives.

Foundations of European Politics introduces important tools of social science and comparative analysis. The first part of the book acts as an introduction to the topic, looking at democratic politics and multilevel politics in Europe. The second part moves on to citizens and voters, considering issues related to ideology and voting decisions. Part III looks at elections and introduces electoral systems and direct democracy, representation, political parties, and party competition. The next part is about government and policy. The last part looks at the rule of law, democracy, and backsliding.