This textbook e-reader introduces undergraduate students to the historical foundations of American foreign policy; key theoretical approaches to the study of foreign policymaking; the central actors, institutions, and political processes of U.S. foreign policy; and contemporary challenges to U.S. primacy in the 21st century. The e-reader includes recent essays on current debates in U.S. foreign policy, such as how to best restore transatlantic ties and meet the serious challenges the United States faces vis-à-vis China and Russia and in the Middle East.

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