Foreign Policy and the Black (Inter)National Interest

With African Americans largely absent from the debate over post-Cold War foreign policy, this book gives voice to ways in which our foreign policy has fallen short of multicultural democratic ideals and suggests corrective measures. Covering such global issues as drug and arms control, trade, democracy-building and education, and such country specific situations as Haiti, Liberia, South Africa, and the Caribbean, from both academic and practitioners points of view, it proves that "all politics are local and global". In doing so it asks the question, can a multicultural democratic country produce a multicultural democratic foreign policy?

Allen Caldwell is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education at the University of California at Berkeley Ronald V. Dellums served in the United States House of Representatives from January 1971 until March 1998, representing the Berkeley-Oakland area of northern California Charles P. Henry is professor of African American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley Percy C. Hintzen is associate professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley James Jennings is professor of political science and director of the Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Boston Keith Jennings is an adjunct professor at the American University's School of International Service Clarence Lusane is an assistant professor of political science in the School of International Service at American University Lorenzo Morris is professor of political science at Howard University Winston Nagan is professor of law at the University of Florida at Gainesville Ronald Palmer is professor of the practice of international affairs at the George Washington University Celena Slade works for the National Democratic Institute Tunua Thrash is a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Ronald Walters is professor of Afro-American studies and government and politics at the University of Maryland at College Park