Foreign Policy In Focus: Democracy and the Making of Foreign Policy
Democracy and the Making of Foreign Policy
By John Gershman
The recent attention focused on how American foreign policy can promote democracy abroad has obscured something just as fundamental and controversial. How does U.S. foreign policy influence democratic values, practices, and institutions at home? And what roles do and should democratic processes play in shaping America's foreign policy? The aim of this brief discussion paper is to raise some of these questions as a way of contributing to a strategic dialogue on these less prominent dimensions of the relationship between democracy and U.S. foreign policy.
John Gershman is the Director of the Global Affairs Program of the International Relations center (www.irc-online.org), the Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org), and an adjunct professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. An earlier version of this paper was presented as a concept paper at the Ford Foundation's Laboratory for New Thinking in Foreign Policy, January 17-19, 2006 at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Sincere acknowledgements to Paul Evans for substantive input, analytical insights, and editorial skill. And thanks to the other members of the Laboratory design team—Bonnie Jenkins, Lisa Jordan, Chris Harris, and Meg Gage for their feedback and comments. The usual caveats apply. The opinions in this paper should not be interpreted as reflecting those of the Ford Foundation.
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http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3103
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By John Gershman
The recent attention focused on how American foreign policy can promote democracy abroad has obscured something just as fundamental and controversial. How does U.S. foreign policy influence democratic values, practices, and institutions at home? And what roles do and should democratic processes play in shaping America's foreign policy? The aim of this brief discussion paper is to raise some of these questions as a way of contributing to a strategic dialogue on these less prominent dimensions of the relationship between democracy and U.S. foreign policy.
John Gershman is the Director of the Global Affairs Program of the International Relations center (www.irc-online.org), the Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org), and an adjunct professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. An earlier version of this paper was presented as a concept paper at the Ford Foundation's Laboratory for New Thinking in Foreign Policy, January 17-19, 2006 at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Sincere acknowledgements to Paul Evans for substantive input, analytical insights, and editorial skill. And thanks to the other members of the Laboratory design team—Bonnie Jenkins, Lisa Jordan, Chris Harris, and Meg Gage for their feedback and comments. The usual caveats apply. The opinions in this paper should not be interpreted as reflecting those of the Ford Foundation.
See full FPIF article online at:
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3103
With printer-friendly pdf version at:
http://fpif.org/pdf/papers/0602makingfp.pdf
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