ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to assess the implications of United States (US)
foreign policy for international order. Galia Press-Barnathan (2003) has correctly
pointed out that there is a wide gap in literature on US Foreign Policy between
the writings of American scholars (Copeland 2003) and writers of the ‘English
School’ (Buzan 2004; Little 2000, 2003). Indeed, most of the articles published in
prominent international relations journals clearly fall within the former category.
In this literature, there is either a tendency to discuss US Foreign Policy like it
