Includes Index.

Contents: Section 1: Rethinking America : Theories of US foreign policy -- American exceptionalism -- Section 2 : Historical contexts : The US rise to world power,1776-1945 -- The economic rise of a superpower :from Washington to Trump -- American foreign policy during the cold war -- America in the 1990s : searching for purpose -- The twenty-first century and smart power -- Section 3: Institutions and process: Domestic influences on foreign policy making -- Regional shifts and US foreign policy -- Media and US foreign policy -- Section 4: United States and the world : Us Foreign policy in the Middle East -- The USA and the EU -- US foreign policy in Russia -- US foreign policy in Latin America -- US foreign policy in Africa -- Section 5: Key issues: Global terrorism -- Religion -- Gender -- Global environment -- Section 6 : Futures and Scenarios: The American liberal order : from creation to crisis -- Drifting apart? The emerging end of the transatlantic partnership -- The future of US foreign policy -- US decline or primary? A debate -- References -- Index.