Foreign policy
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A [[state|country]]'s '''foreign policy''' is a set of goals that seeks to outline how that particular [[country]] will interact on an official basis with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. As well, an entire range of factors relating to those other nations - including economic, political, social, military, etc. - is evaluated and monitored in attempts to maximize benefits of multilateral international cooperation.
Foreign policies are designed to help protect a country's [[national interest]]s, [[national security]], [[ideology|ideological goals]], and economic [[prosperity]]. This can occur as a result of peaceful cooperation with other nations, or through exploitation.
Usually, creating foreign policy is the job of the [[head of government]] and the [[foreign minister]] (or equivalent). In some countries the [[legislature]] also has considerable oversight. As an exception, in [[Government_of_France|France]] and [[Government_of_Finland|Finland]], it is the [[head of state]] who is responsible for foreign policy, while the head of government mainly deals with internal policy. In the [[United States]], the head of state (the [[President_of_the_United_States|President]]) also functions as the [[head of government]].
==International relations theory==
{{main|International relations theory}}
The sub-discipline that specializes in the study of foreign policy is known as [[foreign policy analysis]] (FPA).
==See also==
* [[Foreign affairs]]
* [[Foreign minister]]
* [[Ambassador]]
* [[International relations]]
* [[Policy]]
* [[Foreign policy doctrine]]
===Individual leaders===
* [[Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration]]
* [[Foreign policy of Hugo Chávez]]
* [[Foreign policy of the Clinton Administration]]
* [[Foreign policy of the Reagan administration]]
* [[Foreign policy of the Harper government]]
* [[Foreign policy of François Mitterrand]]
* [[Foreign policy of Olusegun Obasanjo]]
==External links==
* [http://www.fpa.org Foreign Policy Association]
* [http://www.ia-forum.org International Affairs Forum]
* [http://www.ericdigests.org/1994/war.htm Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era]
* [http://www.ncafp.org/ The National Committee on American Foreign Policy]
* [http://www.brookings.edu/fp/fp_hp.htm Foreign Policy Studies @ The Brookings Institution]
* [http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com World Politics Review: A Foreign Policy and National Security Daily]
[[Category:Subfields of political science]]
[[Category:International relations]]
[[Category:Policy]]
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