Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond

Raymond Taras

ISBN 10: 0748699031 / ISBN 13: 9780748699032

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 2015

About this Item

This is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events. Raymond Taras explains why France, Poland and Sweden have become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342. . 2015. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748699031
• ISBN 13: 9780748699032
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events. There has been much research into why the U.S. and U.K. militaries intervened in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflict zones. But what explains France’s newfound international activism, which is taking its military to Libya, Mali and deeper into Africa? Why has Poland become deeply engaged in Ukraine’s politics? Why is Sweden, which has not fought a war since 1814, concerned with the fierce internal wars in Iraq and Syria? Can these actions be explained as countries simply protecting their national interests, or could domestic xenophobia also be playing a part? In 'Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy', Raymond Taras explains the causal mechanisms propelling these three EU states to become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad.

About the Author

Raymond Taras is Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Australian National University in Canberra and Professor of Political Science at Tulane University in New Orleans.