Globalization and the Quest for a 'Smart' Foreign Policy

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ID12907123
AuthorsIvan Ivanov (0000-0001-7519-9657, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume6
Issue1
Pages49-57
Publication date2013-01-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjip/pos022
OpenAlexW1966999252
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Globalization continues to be a growing trend from the economy, security, and even the individual as ideas are rapidly exchanged between different cultures. State-actors, although still a critical component, are competing for influence with the private sector, transnational movements, international media, and even small NGOs. In this globalized world nations must adopt the concept of ‘smart’ foreign policy. The basic idea of ‘smart’ foreign policy is outlined in nine major points: focusing on the long term rather than short term opportunistic gains; separating domestic from foreign policy agendas; credibility; global intellectual leadership; enhancing the bureaucratic decision-making process to include all actors in the new globalized world; working more closely with the academic community; harmonizing public and private instruments of foreign policymaking; better educating societies on the concept and benefits of globalization; and finally, enhancing communication among all nations. These nine components of ‘smart’ foreign policy will help facilitate a better world where new opportunities can be discovered and greater progress can be made without the alienation of one group or nation

Bureaucracy · Credibility · Economic system · Economics · Foreign policy · Globalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Political and Social Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration

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