This essay on international economic order and foreign policy theory takes its departure from the observation that foreign policy theory and action are today confronted with a global economic problematique of revolutionary proportions, and therefore need to be re-examined. It finds that the classical concepts of sovereignty, national interest, and power, though still valid, are too narrowly defined by the Realist school to be of much use. It holds that the principle of politico-military ‘balance of power’ must be applied in conjunction with the principle of ‘optimal interdependence’. Using a cognitive map which identifies the principal actors and cleavages (global apartheid being judged to be the most dominant), and learning from socialist and capitalist theoreticians about possible solutions, it elaborates the meaning of ‘optimal interdependence’. It then presents an alternative theory of foreign policy and makes six strategic suggestions from that principle.
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