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Christopher Sprecher, Texas A&M University, sprecher@politics.tamu.edu

The Foreign Policy division welcomes proposals for papers and panels that address central issues in the study of foreign policy. It welcomes papers and panel proposals on topics analyzed from a wide variety of research paradigms. Proposals relating to both U.S. foreign policy and the study of the foreign policies of other states are encouraged. Studies of comparative foreign policy are especially welcome and encouraged. The division welcomes proposals from non-U.S. based scholars, as well as proposals for entire panels constructed around a particular theme. Proposals on any aspect of foreign policy are welcome, but the division especially encourages proposals that cross levels of analysis and utilize a multi-method approach. In addition, in keeping with the general theme of APSA 2009, the division is especially interested in panels and papers that address the issue of politics in motion, particularly the role that change and complexity play in foreign policy analysis. Potential topics that could be addressed in this manner (but are not limited to) include the changing nature of American foreign policy after the 2008 election; the role of ethnic politics in foreign policy; domestic political structures and the decision to go to war; changes within the international economic system and their impact on foreign policy decision-making; linkages between the economic and diplomatic spheres; the role of multinational corporations in foreign policy decision-making; identity politics and the changing nature of the international system; methodological approaches to foreign policy in a dynamic world; and terrorism and foreign policy after September 11, 2001.