Global Foreign Policy Studies

The Series seeks to push the boundaries of Foreign Policy Analysis in three ways. First, it includes scholarship on the foreign policies of states that have often been neglected in the literature. The foreign policy literature has been dominated by studies of the US (by far) and European states as well as the European Union. The Series is inclusive and publishes studies of the foreign policies of states across all regions, as well as studies that compare states in other regions. It also publishes studies of the foreign policies of states with different regime types, from democratic to autocratic.

Second, the Series publishes studies that focus on the intersection of foreign policy (analysis) with issues such as gender, race, climate change and new technologies. Studies of gender and foreign policy analysis are still in an incipient stage, with race and foreign policy receiving even less coverage. To the extent that there are studies of gender and foreign policy, these focus predominantly on states in the Global North, such as the US, Canada, and Sweden. There is clearly a need to explore the role that gender – and race – play in foreign policy-making, from decision-making to implementation. Other issues such as climate change and new technologies (for example, artificial intelligence, digital technologies) have not been extensively incorporated into studies of foreign policy, and this Series aims to fill that gap.

Third, the Series includes studies based not only in traditional approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations, but also those that use or develop approaches including: the role of emotions; critical theoretical approaches including post-colonial theorising; feminist theories; and international political economy.