ABSTRACT

A number ox non-native scholars based outside the region have also produced useful works on Caribbean international relations. The study of the international relations of the Caribbean, including the English-speaking Caribbean, has therefore come a long way. Comparative foreign policy theorists are less concerned with foreign policy per se than with foreign policy behavior. Foreign policy behavior is different, referring, as Georges Fauriol notes, to "purposive action directed at some external entity and initiated by individuals who are authoritative governmental decision makers or their representatives." New contributions to the held of comparative foreign policy have been made by political economists, largely following the dependency and world systems schools, and by others researching trends toward global interdependence. The importance of the economic dimension of foreign policy has been highlighted by the theorists, as has the influence of economic interaction on patterns of compliance/ consensus or resistance on the part of states.