No longer preoccupied with the East-West divide, contemporary foreign policymakers now have to confront regional conflicts, peace-enforcing and humanitarian missions, and a host of other global problems and issues in areas such as trade, health, and the environment. During the Cold War a widely-shared consensus on national interest and security in the United States and western Europe affected news reporting, public opinion, and foreign policy. But with the end of this Cold War frame of ref...

Does public opinion matter in international conflict resolution? Does national foreign policy remain independent of public opinion and the media? International Public Opinion and the Bosnia Crisis examines, through U.S., Canadian, and European case studies, how public reaction impacted democratic governments' response to the ethnic and religious conflict in Bosnia during the period from 1991-1997. Each case study offers an overview of the national media coverage and public reactio...

Windsor Castle 1943: Kronprinzessin Elizabeth fiebert dem Wiedersehen mit Prinz Philip von Griechenland entgegen. Seit ihrer letzten Begegnung geht ihr der charmante junge Leutnant mit den strahlend blauen Augen nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Doch ihr Vater, König George VI., ist entschieden gegen diese Verbindung: Philip ist zu unberechenbar und zu abenteuerlustig für eine zukünftige Königin. Noch dazu ist er kein Brite. Aber dieses eine Mal ist Elizabeth fest entschlossen, sich gegen alle Wide...

Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the relationship between public opinion and foreign policy in Western democracies. This international board of contributors examine the ways in which the connection between public opinion and the use of military force has developed since the end of the Cold War. In doing so, it also addresses the crucial and topical question of whether, and to what extent a democratic foreign policy is possible.