"The Politics of United States Foreign Policy uses three levels of analysis to help students consider the players, processes, and politics that drive U.S. decisions and involvement in the global political system. Focusing more on the process of creating policy rather than the history, this comprehensive text blends substance and theory in a lively narrative that is engaging, accessible, and informative. This text stresses analytical and theoretical thinking about cause-and-effect in policymaking, integrating factors from the international and domestic contexts with institutional, organizational, and individual dynamics and characteristics. Politics, and the processes that follow, are even more important than ever in today's world and shapes our choices and behavior in profound ways. The seventh edition is has been updated to cover developments since the end of the Obama administration and the transition to the new Trump administration, the challenges of changing international and domestic contexts, and more"-- Provided by publisher.