Foreign policy 233404 225382092 2008-07-13T11:28:35Z 195.166.237.254 /* Individual leaders */ {{Expand|date=December 2007}} {{two other uses||the American magazine|Foreign Policy|the academic study of foreign policy|Foreign policy analysis}} 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]] [[az:Xarici siyasət]] [[bg:Външна политика]] [[da:Udenrigspolitik]] [[de:Außenpolitik]] [[et:Välispoliitika]] [[es:Política exterior]] [[fr:Politique étrangère]] [[he:מדיניות חוץ]] [[it:Politica estera]] [[ka:საგარეო პოლიტიკა]] [[lt:Užsienio politika]] [[ja:外交政策]] [[no:Utenrikspolitikk]] [[pl:Polityka zagraniczna państw]] [[pt:Política externa]] [[ro:Politică externă]] [[qu:Huk nasyunkuna rimanakuy qhawaq]] [[fi:Ulkopolitiikka]] [[sv:Utrikespolitik]]