TY - BOOK AU - Charountaki,Marianna AU - Kourtelis,Christos AU - Irrera,Daniela ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Non-State Actors and Foreign Policy Agency: Insights from Area Studies T2 - Non-State Actors in International Relations, SN - 9783031518850 AV - JZ2-6530 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - International relations KW - Regionalism KW - Foreign Policy KW - International Relations Theory N1 - Hybrid Governance and Non-State Actors in Singapore Foreign Policy: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Think Tanks and Para-Political Institutions in Foreign Policy Processes -- On the Pillars of Pan-Africanism: An emerging AU foreign policy -- Non-State Actors’ Role in Foreign Policy: The Case of the EU Enlargement Policy in Western Balkans -- Institutionalising Foreign Policy-making between Non-State Actors: From Reactive to Proactive Relations between the EU and the KRI -- The Syrian Opposition Ups and Downs and Its Participative Potential in Formulating Syrian Foreign Policy -- The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as Foreign Policy (Non-State) Actor in Iraq -- The World Uyghur Congress as an Actor of Foreign Policy -- Conclusion N2 - This edited volume discusses non-state actors as agents of foreign policy. It questions whether non-state actors can act as foreign policy makers and if the contemporary role of non-state actors constitutes a theoretical challenge to foreign policy. Chapters demonstrate the impact of non-state entities through the lenses of their direct role as decision-makers, with examples drawn from the African continent, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Arguing for the necessity of approaching foreign policy in a broader frame, beyond the scope of the state and the individual, the book fills a gap in the literature and creates a closer nexus between area studies and foreign policy. This volume will be of interest to both academics and practitioners across the fields of international relations, foreign policy analysis, and area studies UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51885-0 ER -