The fully revised second edition of this volume on foreign policy studies presents fifteen articles on the influence of domestic and international politics on foreign policy decisions within specific example states. Countries covered include France, Germany, Russia, China, India, Iran, Brazil, and Venezuela, and additional chapters provide a pedagogical framework for students as well as discussions of methodologies for comparative study. The chapters share similar structures for easy comparative examination and each includes sections on historical context, internal and external influences on foreign policy, and current important foreign policy concerns. Contributors are academics in foreign relations and international studies from universities around the world. CQ Press is an imprint of SAGE Publications. Annotation Aⓒ2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)