Values in Foreign Policy

Discussion of the book will cover aspects of the tension between values and national priorities, with specific reference to the leading countries of today. This includes the effect of the Enlightenment, colonialism, modernity and post-modernity in determining contemporary value systems which are often uncomfortable in their interface with each other. The discussion will be on the impulses which drive the foreign policies of the world’s most important countries, such as the legacies of religion, civilization, culture and history.