Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-319) and index.

Introduction : rethinking American foreign policy -- American foreign policy : crisis and change. American foreign policy : politics and paralysis ; New challenges in U.S. foreign policy ; The main institutions of foreign policymaking ; The new powerhouses : think tanks and foreign policy ; The Washington social circuit and foreign policy -- Hot global issues. Ethnocentrism and foreign policy : can we understand the Third World? ; The democracy agenda in U.S. foreign policy ; Human rights policy ; Friendly tyrants and American interests ; Globalization and its critics -- Regional responses. Asia and the effort to grow civil society ; Democracy and development in sub-Saharan Africa ; Benign neglect : American foreign policy in Latin America in the post-Cold War era ; The Middle East and Islamic society.