"This books throws light on whether Asian values constitute a specific genre that differentiates Asia from the West and feeds into its nations' foreign policies, and whether there is a basic difference of opinion on values or merely an aspect of contemporary power politics"--.

• Values in Foreign Policy
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Foreword: The Role of Values in Foreign Policy
  • Introduction: Values and Foreign Policy
  • 1 Values in European Foreign Policies: Defending the Enlightenment in Troubled Times
  • 2 Values and European Foreign Economic Policy: Ideas, Institutions and Interests
  • 3 Values in German Foreign Policy: How Changes of Course Created Lasting Values
  • 4 Values in US Foreign Policy: ‘America First’ Meets the Pro-Democracy State
  • 5 Reflections on Values in Western Foreign Policy: From the Liberal World Order to Antithetical Values
  • 6 Values in Russian Foreign Policy: Soviet Values, Revisionism and President Putin
  • 7 Islamic Values in Foreign Policy: Perspectives on ‘Secular’ Turkey and ‘Islamic’ Iran
  • 8 Values in Indian Foreign Policy: Lofty Ideals Give Way to Parochial Pragmatism
  • 9 Values in Myanmar’s Foreign Policy: Neutralism, Isolationism and Multi-Engagement
  • 10 Values in Indonesian Foreign Policy: Independent and Active Doctrine
  • 11 Values in Chinese Foreign Policy: Culture, Leadership and Diplomacy
  • 12 Values in South Korean Foreign Policy: Search for New Identity as a ‘Middle Power’
  • 13 Values in Japanese Foreign Policy: Between ‘Universal Values’ and the Search for Cultural Pluralism
  • 14 Reflections on Values in Asian Foreign Policy: ASEAN’s Three Principles
  • Index
  • About the Contributors