one of the important issues which deals simultaneously with the european :union: (eu) enlargement policy and its common foreign and security policy, is eu's policy towards its neighbors. after eu enlargement. it is a crossroad of eu foreign, security, development and trade policies which aims at europeanization and creating a ring of friends around its borders where good governance, political a...

in recent decades, foreign policy of middle east countries has been deeply affected by increasing ethnic and religious identities. on the other hand, realist approach has still remained as dominant logic for analyzing of politics in this region. this article based on constructivist approach, analyses the impact of ethnic identity factor on foreign policy of middle east states and emphasizes on ...

INTRODUCTION A recent development in the study of foreign policy is the growing attention being given to bureaucratic politics explanations of national foreign policy behavior.' In fact, it would be no exaggeration to characterize the bureaucratic politics approach or bureaucratic paradigm as a major research thrust in contemporary international relations theory. Foreign policy behavior, the bu...

since the end of the cold war era in a u-turn in her foreign policy india has changed from a fighter with imperialism to a close ally of the west. beside political factors, economic factors and above all waves of globalization were among the most influential causes of this u-turn. analysts hold different attitudes towards why such a change happened and whether it was in the interest of india in...