Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis presents the definitive treatment to integrate theories of foreign policy analysis and international relations-addressing the agent-centered, micro-political study of decisions by leaders and the structure-oriented macro political study of state interactions in an international system.

Part 1: Foreign Policy Analysis 1. Foreign Policy Analysis and Behavioral International Relations Stephen G. Walker 2. Macropolitics and Foreign Policy Decisions: The Billiard Ball Model of IR Stephen G. Walker 3. Micropolitics and Foreign Policy Decisions: The Behavioral Model of IR Stephen G. Walker 4. Quantum Politics and Operational Code Analysis: Theories and Methods Stephen G. Walker Part 2: Foreign Policy Decision Making 5. The United States and Rogue Leaders: Understanding the Conflicts Akan Malici 6. Deceptive Bargaining and Nuclear Ambitions: Prospect Theory and North Korea's Decision to Go Nuclear Kai He and Huiyun Feng 7. Small Group Dynamics: The Psychological Characteristics of Leaders and the Quality of Group Decision Making Mark Schafer, Jonathon Nunley, and Scott Crichlow 8. Alliances and Their Microfoundations: France and Britain in the 9/11 Era Akan Malici Part 3: Foreign Policy Learning 9. Learning to Resist or Resisting to Learn? The Operational Codes of Fidel Castro and Kim Il Sung Akan Malici 10. Stability and Change in Belief Systems: The Operational Code of George W. Bush from Governor to Second Term President Jonathan Renshon 11. Experiential Learning by U.S. Presidents: Domestic, International, and Psychological Influences in the Post-Cold War World Samuel Robison 12. Cognitive Responses by U.S. Presidents to Foreign Policy Crises: Belief Changes in Response to Positive and Negative Experiences B. Gregory Marfleet and Hannah Simpson Part 4: Foreign Policy Dynamics 13. Dueling with Dictators: Explaining the Strategic Interaction Patterns of U.S. Presidents and Rogue Leaders Stephen G. Walker and Mark Schafer 14. Binary Role Theory: Reducing Uncertainty and Managing Complexity in Foreign Policy Analysis Stephen G. Walker 15. The Integration of Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations Stephen G. Walker. Appendix. Formal Models of Symbolic and Strategic Interaction Stephen G. Walker

Stephen G. Walker is emeritus professor of political science at Arizona State University.

Akan Malici is assistant professor of political science at Furman University.

Mark Schafer is professor of political science at University of Central Florida.