The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis repositions the subfield of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) to a central analytic location within the study of International Relations (IR). Over the last twenty years, IR has seen a cross-theoretical turn toward incorporating domestic politics, decision-making, agency, practices, and subjectivity - the staples of the FPA subfield. This turn, however, is underdeveloped theoretically, empirically, and methodologically.

To reconnect FPA and IR research, this handbook links FPA to other theoretical traditions in IR, takes FPA to a wider range of state and non-state actors, and connects FPA to significant policy challenges and debates. By advancing FPA along these trajectories, the handbook directly addresses enduring criticisms of FPA, including that it is isolated within IR, it is state-centric, its policy relevance is not always clear, and its theoretical foundations and methodological techniques are stale.

The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis provides an inclusive and forward-looking assessment of this subfield. Edited and written by a team of word-class scholars and with a preface by Margaret Hermann and Stephen Walker, the handbook sets the agenda for future research in FPA and in IR.

The Oxford Handbooks of International Relations is a twelve-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and innovative engagements with the principal sub-fields of International Relations.

The series as a whole is under the General Editorship of Christian Reus-Smit of the University of Queensland and Duncan Snidal of the University of Oxford, with each volume edited by specialists in the field. The series both surveys the broad terrain of International Relations scholarship and reshapes it, pushing each sub-field in challenging new directions. Following the example of Reus-Smit and Snidal's original Oxford Handbook of International Relations, each volume is organized around a strong central thematic by scholars drawn from different perspectives, reading its sub-field in an entirely new way, and pushing scholarship in challenging new directions.

Juliet Kaarbo, Professor of Foreign Policy, University of Edinburgh,Cameron Theis, MSU Foundation Professor and Dean, James Madison College, Michigan State University

Juliet Kaarbo is Professor of International Relations with a Chair in Foreign Policy at the University of Edinburgh and founding co-director of the Scottish Council of Global Affairs. Her research focuses on leader personality and decision making, foreign policy analysis, parliaments and parties, and national roles. She was Associate Editor of the journals Foreign Policy Analysis and British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and co-edits Routledge's book series on role theory. Professor Kaarbo was the 2018 Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis in the International Studies Association (ISA) and was elected as an ISA Vice President for 2022-23.


Cameron G. Thies is Dean of James Madison College and MSU Foundation Professor. Professor Thies is a scholar of International Relations who has published broadly in foreign policy analysis, conflict processes, and international political economy. He previously served as Editor of Political Science Research & Methods and Foreign Policy Analysis, and now serves as Deputy Lead Editor of the Journal of Politics. He was named Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis (2016), Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar (2017), and the Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar (2020) of the International Studies Association. Thies also served as President of the International Studies Association (2019-2020).

1. Repositioning Foreign Policy Analysis in International Relations, JULIET KAARBO AND CAMERON G. THIES
Part 1: FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS AND OTHER THEORETICAL TRADITIONS
2. Foreign Policy Analysis and Liberalism, AMELIA HADFIELD
3. Foreign Policy Analysis and Public Policy, KLAUS BRUMMER
4. Foreign Policy Analysis and Constructivism, PAUL A. KOWERT AND J. SAMUEL BARKIN
5. Foreign Policy Analysis and Feminism, KARIN AGGESTAM AND JACQUI TRUE
6. Foreign Policy Analysis and Realism, ANDERS WIVEL
7. Foreign Policy Analysis and Ontological Security Studies, BRENT STEELE
8. Foreign Policy Analysis and Ethics and Responsibility, JAMIE GASKARTH
9. Foreign Policy Analysis and Critical International Relations, RYAN BEASLEY, FAYE DONNELLY, AND ANDREW R. HOM
10. Foreign Policy Analysis and Securitization, ROXANNA SJÖSTEDT
Part 2: CHANGING SOURCES OF FOREIGN POLICY
11. Culture and Identity and Foreign Policy, AMIT JULKA
12. National Roles and Foreign Policy, MARIJKE BREUNING
13. Populism and Nationalism and Foreign Policy, ERIN K. JENNE AND CAMERON G. THIES
14. Public Opinion, News, and Digital Media and Foreign Policy, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOUCHER
15. Democratic Institutions and Actors and Foreign Policy, KAI OPPERMANN
16. Autocratic Institutions and Actors and Foreign Policy, TYLER JOST
17. Legislatures and Political Parties and Foreign Policy, TAPIO RAUNIO AND WOLFGANG WAGNER
18. Executives and Foreign Policy, JULIET KAARBO AND JEFFREY S. LANTIS
19. Decision Making Approaches and Foreign Policy, DAVID PATRICK HOUGHTON
20. Leader Psychology and Foreign Policy, STEPHEN BENEDICT DYSON
Part 3: FOREIGN POLICY STATECRAFT
21. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, ATSUSHI TAGO
22. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, TIMOTHY M. PETERSON
23. Coercion and Foreign Policy, CARLA MARTINEZ MACHAIN AND SUSAN HANNAH ALLEN
24. Resolve and Reputation and Foreign Policy, ROSEANNE W. McMANUS
25. Strategic Narratives and Soft Power and Foreign Policy, ALISTER MISKIMMON, BEN O'LOUGHLIN AND LAURA ROSELLE
26. Socialization and Recognition and Foreign Policy, MARTIN EGON MAITINO AND FELICIANO De Sá GUIMARÃES
Part 4: TYPES OF FOREIGN POLICY ACTORS
27. Foreign Policy of Emerging Powers, SANDRA DESTRADI AND LESLIE E. WEHNER
28. Foreign Policy of Small States, DIANA PANKE AND BALDUR THORHALLSSON
29. Foreign Policy of Middle Powers, GIAMPIERO GIACOMELLO AND BERTJAN VERBEEK
30. Foreign Policy of International Organizations, KENT J. KILLE
31. Foreign Policy of Sub-State Governments, CRISTIAN CANTIR
32. Foreign Policy of Armed Non-State Actors, MAY DARWICH
Part 5: FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES
33. Foreign Policy and Nuclear Weapons, MOLLY BERKEMEIER AND RACHEL ELIZABETH WHITLARK
34. Foreign Policy and Development, SUSANNA P. CAMPBELL AND SHANNON P. CARCELLI
35. Foreign Policy and Human Rights, AMANDA MURDIE AND COLTON HEFFINGTON
36. Foreign Policy and Global Health, CATHERINE Z. WORSNOP AND SUMMER MARION
37. Foreign Policy and Immigration, ANNA R. OLTMAN
38. Foreign Policy and Climate Change, MARK A. BOYER AND ALEXANDRA HARDEN
39. Foreign Policy and Organized Crime, FRANCESCO NICCOLÒ MORO AND FRANCESCO STRAZZARI