This document discusses national interests and foreign policy. It defines national interest as the goals and objectives a country seeks to achieve internationally. The core national interests of any state are security, national development, and world order. Foreign policy formulates around protecting a state's national interests. Foreign policy objectives can be classified as short-range like territorial integrity, middle-range like economic interests, and long-range like ideological goals. Foreign policy behavior patterns include self-preservation, self-extension, and self-abnegation. Alignment, scope, and modus operandi are key dimensions to analyze foreign policy.
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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle described humans as social animals, and
friendships and relations have existed between humans as long as humans have
existed. As organization developed in human affairs, relations between people also
became organized. Foreign policy thus goes back to primitive times. Foreign
Policy is defined as an extension of domestic policy for dealing with external
actors in order to pursue national interest of a country at the international level.
International system, regional setting, geopolitical compulsion, economic
interconnectedness and many other external factors play a vital role in shaping the
formulation of foreign policy.
Foreign policy
Generally we can say that foreign policy, also called foreign relations or foreign
affairs policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its
national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu.
Foreign policy consists of the strategies it uses to protect its international and
domestic interests and determines the way it interacts with other state and non-state
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1. CHAPTER -TWO
Understanding Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
īļ Defining National Interest
īą National interest is the rationale of state to justify its actions and
policy towards other states at international level.
īą National interest refers to set of values, orientation, goals and
objectives a given country would like to achieve in its international
relations.
īą National interest means the sum total of the goals and objectives of
a stateâs foreign Policy.
īą National interest is set of purposes which a nation should seek to
realize in the conduct of its foreign relationsâ.
2. Conât..
īą Even, if the national interests of states vary in that detail, core national
interests are the same for different courtiers. The essential components
of national interest of any state are security, national development and
world order.
īą The essential components of national interest of any state are security,
national development and world order.
īą Formulation of foreign policy starts with identifying the stateâs vital
national interests..
īą All states national interest emphasizes on national security, political
independence and territorial integrity and economic interest, which
includes the preservation or acquisition of favorable conditions and
terms of trade.
3. Understanding Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Behaviors
īą Defining Foreign Policy
īą Foreign Policy refers to the sets of objectives and instruments that a state
adopts to guide its relation with the outside world and set of principles
adopted by a nationâs government to define its relations with other countries.
īą Foreign Policy refers to decisions and actions that involves with relation
between an independent state and other states.
īą The main s objectives of all states in foreign policy are national interest.
īą Foreign Policy is taken as a guiding document of a state of external affairs
and external relations.
īą It involves the general purposes and specific strategies a state employs to
achieve or promote its national interest.
4. Foreign Policy Objectives
īą The vital objectives particular states foreign policy is to defend national interests the state as
peacefully and rationally.
īļ The objectives of any stateâs foreign policy can be broadly classified in to;
1. Maintaining the integrity of the state âthat is the preservation of its independence. States
normally act to maximize their chances of survival in the world.
2. Ensuring of national security- this is related with maintaining integrity.
3. Promoting economic interests- the developing countries of the world have a limited role to
play in promoting their economic interests.
4. Protecting national prestige and Developing national power-states act so as to gain status
and respect by other states.
5. Maintaining world order-, states foreign policy need to maintain a world order within as a
result they can realize their national interests.
5. ConâtâĻ
īą K. J. Holisti (138-160) categorizes the foreign policy objectives of states into three
(3), namely the short range, Middle ranges and long range objectives.
īą The classifications of foreign policy objectives is based on the combination of the
three criteria:(1) the value placed on the objective; (2) the time element placed on its
achievement; and (3) the kind of demands the objective imposes on other states in
international system. Based on these criteria, the objectives can be classified as:
īą (1) core values and interests, to which states commit their very existence and that
must be preserved or extended at all time;
īą (2) Middle range goals, which normally impose demands on several others states
including commitments to their achievement are serious and time limit is also
attached to them and
īą (3) Universal long range goals-which seldom have definite time limits.
6. ConâtâĻ
1. Short Range Objective - it is termed as core interests and values
foreign policy.
īą Short range objectives are most frequently related to the self
preservation of political and economic systems, the people and its
culture, and the territorial integrity of a state.
īą These are short-range objectives because others goals cannot be
realized if the existence of the state and its political units are not
ensured.
īą So, the main objective of short range foreign policy is creating
territorial integrity among the neighboring state.
7. ConâtâĻ
īą The exact definition of core value or interest in any given country
depends on the attitudes of those who make foreign policy.
īą Some governments place core values on controlling or defending
neighboring territories, because these area contain asset such as man
power and resources that can increase the capabilities, or because they
believe that the major threat for their territorial integrity might
materialize through adjacent countries and whole of neighboring
countries might be considered as the core interests of states.
īą Nevertheless, the most essential objective of any foreign policy, core
interests and values, is to ensure the sovereignty and independence of
the home territory.
8. ConâtâĻ.
2. Middle Range Foreign Policy Objectives
īą Unlike, the short term foreign policy objective, the middle range
objectives is different across states.
īą It is due to difference in the level of economic and technological
progress and also military capability.
īą Middle range foreign policy objectives emphasis international
interactions and external relations.
īą Social welfare and economic development, ca not be achieved through
self-reliance. Because, most states has only limited resources,
administrative services, and technical skills (technologically). So, it
needs international relations to achieve its middle term objective.
9. Conât..
3. Long- Range Foreign Policy Objectives
īą The long term goals of foreign policy are those plans, dreams, and
visions concerning the ultimate political or ideological organization at
the international system and rules governing relations in that system.
īą Long term objective does not formulate with states that are less
capable, often those rising powers and less developing countries rather
with developed states.
īą The difference between middle-range and long range goals relates on
different time elements inherent in them; there is also a significant
difference in scope.
10. Foreign Policy Behavior: Patterns and Trends
īą Foreign policy behavior refers to the actions states take towards each
other that might mainly includes formation of alliance, establishment
of diplomatic relations, threat of actual use of force, giving of foreign
aid, voting in international organizations, interest on agreements etc.
īą Arnold Wolfers, scholar man in the field of International relations
argued all foreign policy behavior ultimately classified in to three
possible patterns: 1) self-preservation (maintaining the status quo);
2) self-extension (revising the status quo in oneâs own favor, interest );
3) self-abnegation (revising the status quo in some elseâs favor).
11. ConâtâĻ.
īą The foreign policy patterns of countries such as United States can be categorized as
self-preservation foreign policy behavior.
īą United States, following second world emerged as one of the strongest actor, super
power in international relations. For instances, the international institutions (IMF,
World Bank, GATT/WTO) were established following WWII and dominated and
shaped by United States.
īą The second foreign policy pattern is self-extension which is visible in the newly
emerging states such as China, India, Brazil and Germany.
īą This newly rising powers are competing to restructure the international institutions
and different regimes so as to create enabling environment to promote their national
interest.
īą The third foreign policy pattern is self-abnegation reflects the foreign policy trends
that are being displayed in Less Developing Countries (LDC). This can be seen in the
weak states of the world which fail to defend and promote their national interests in
their external relations.
12. Foreign Policy Dimensions
īą The analysis of foreign policy behavior can also be done along a number of
specific dimensions, keeping in mind that behavior can change over time and with
different style of leaderships and circumstances. These dimensions of foreign
policy includes alignment, scope and modus operandi.
1. Alignment Dimensions of Foreign Policy
īą A countryâs alignment behavior can vary from time to time during its history in
response to changing circumstances and policy decisions. Yet one can identify the
alignment tendencies such as alliance, neutrality and non-alignment.
īą The Alignment tendencies means to choose to ally with some countries or
remaining neutral changes with time in response to changing circumstances and
policy behavior.
13. ConâtâĻ
īą Alliances- are formal agreements to provide mutual military assistance; as such, they carry
legal weight and certain benefits as well as risks.
īą Neutrality- is a stance of formal non partisanship in world affairs. By keeping a low profile,
neutrals may avoid some of the problems associated with alliances, particularly the generating
of potential enemies and counter alliances.
īą Eg. Switzerland is a country that has carried neutrality with refusing membership to UN till
2002.
īą Non-alignment- has been the foreign policy pattern of most developing state during cold war.
Most developing countries had a movement-Non Alignment Movement (NAM) in which they
called for a new foreign policy path/choice/ to be followed disregarding the both the West and
East bloc politics and alliances.
14. ConâtâĻ
īļ Scope as Dimensions of foreign policy
īą A second foreign policy dimension is the scope of a countryâs activities and interests.
īą The scope of foreign policy of a given country can decide to what extent it engages
itself in international affairs or it follows a policy of isolationism.
īą Some countries have extensive, far-reaching international contacts, while other
countries have more limited activities abroad.
īą Regional actors, interacting primarily with neighboring states in the same
geographical area except for contacts, frequently concerning economic issues such as
trade; with major actors like United States and China outside their region. For
example, South Africa is a regional actor in Africa in general
īą Global actors such as United States of America, China, and the ex-USSR all have
passed through period of relative isolationism.
15. ConâtâĻ
īļ Mode of Operation/ âModus Opernadiâ Dimensions of foreign policy
īą Modus operandi or Method of operation- states exhibit certain
characteristics or behavior and patterns to pursue their foreign policy goals.
īą In addition, to the alignment and scope dimensions of a countryâs foreign
policy, we can also identify certain patterns of foreign policy behaviors on
the basis of the modus operandi-the method of operation.
īą Some countries often rely on multilateral institutions to address different
issues. Still others very much rely on unilateral means and they may choose
to solve the problems by themselves.
īą Most developing countries used the multilateral approaches to address
many issues of concern.
īą Germany, is an economic power which is known as multi-lateralist in its
external relation. Most of Scandinavian countries fall under this category.
16. Instruments of Foreign Policy
īą A state can achieve its foreign policy goals through several instruments. These
includes diplomacy, economic instruments (today it is known as economic
diplomacy).
1. Diplomacy-is a means of conducting negotiations between nations.
īą Diplomacy-is one of a number of instruments foreign policy employed in order to
make that attitude persuasive. It is the process of conducting communication
among with other states through officially recognized representatives called
Diplomats.
īą Diplomacy is âThe art of negotiation between states.
īą Diplomacy âas the art and science of interstate representation and negotiation.â
īą âDiplomacyâ is usually defined as the practice of carrying out a nationâs foreign
policy by negotiations with other nations.â
17. Conât..
īą Criteria of Effective Diplomacy
īą Be realistic: It is important to have goals that much your ability to achieve them
īą Be careful about what you say-the experienced diplomats plans out the words
carefully.
īą Seek common ground-dispute begins negotiations; finds common ground ends them
successfully.
īą Understand the other side-there are several aspects to understanding the other side.
īą Be patient: it is also important to bide your time. Being overly anxious can lead to
concessions that are unwise and may convey weakness to an opponent.
īą Leave avenues of retreat open: it is axiomatic that even a rat will fight if trapped in
a corner. The same is often true for countries. Call it honor, saving face, or prestige;
it is important to leave yourself and your opponent an âoutâ.
18. Conât..
īą In general, states make considerable use of what are known to be âcarrot
and stickâ approaches when they rely on such diplomatic tactics such as
sanctions, threats, punishment, promise and rewards.
īą Sanctions, threats and punishment represent the stick approach, the former
involving some hypothetical action and the latter area action.
īą The carrot tactics (promise and reward) represent the carrot approach.
īą These also involve hypothetical and real action; promise is a hypothetical
action which aims at influencing the behaviors of state B based on the
future hope of giving something. But reward is a promise in action. It is
when state âAâ gives reward to state âBâ in advance or based on the
promise done in the past.
19. Conâtâ
B. Economic Instruments of Foreign Policy
īą Economic Instruments: refer to economic capacity or economic
advancement or techniques used to realize foreign policy goals.
īą These economic instruments include: foreign aid, loans and grants,
sanctions, control of enemy assets.
īą Economic instruments can be used to achieve the foreign policy of
objective of a state.
īą States may reward or punish states through the manipulation of
economic policies. Some other economic instruments are tariffs,
quotas, boycotts, embargos, and foreign aid
20. Conât..
īą Tariff-Almost all foreign made products coming into a country are taxed for the
purpose of raising revenue, protecting domestic producers from foreign
competition, or other domestic economic reasons.
īą Quota-to control imports of some commodities, governments may establish quotas
rather than tariffs (tariffs may of course be applied to the items enter under quota).
īą Boycott- A trade boycott organized by a government eliminates the import of either
a specific commodity or the total range of export products sold by the country
against which the boycott is organized.
īą Embargo- A government that seeks to deprive another country of goods prohibits
its own business men from concluding its transactions with commercial
organization in the country against which the embargo is organized.
īą Loans- an amount of money that is given to some one with a given period of time.
21. Overview of Foreign Policy of Ethiopia
1. Foreign Policy during Tewodros II (1855-1868)
īą Ethiopian state traces its history back to more than 3000 years, but the
modern imperial state did not emerge until the middle of 19th century.
īą Ras Kassa Hailu emerged as one of the prominent king who defeating
all minor kings fighting to take the throne such as Era of Princes
(Zemene Mesafient) then come as king.
īą Tewodros create relationship with Britain(letters to queen Victoria)
and with Portugal.
īą Britain, France and Russia as Christian nations to assist him when he
fights against the Turks, Egyptians and Islamâ.
22. Foreign Policy during Yohannes IV (1872-1889)
īą Like his predecessor, Yohannes IV, considered Islam as a threat to the territorial
integrity of the polity.
īą Egypt tried to put a serious security threat in its continued attempt to invade the
country under many pretexts and to control the source of Blue Nile. However,
Egypt was defeated both in 1875 and 1876 at the Battle of Gundet and Gura
respectively.
īą This colonial ambition of Italy was reflected by the Foreign Minister speech âThe
Red Sea is the key in the Mediterraneanâ which implies strategic importance of
Ethiopia.
īą However, the emperor died fighting with the âMahadistsâ. The Sudanese
resistance groups against British rule happened to invade Western Ethiopia
because of their presumption that Yohannes IV was collaborating with the British.
23. Foreign Policy during Menelik II (1889-93)
īą Before the death of Yohannes Italy had good diplomatic relation with Menelik with the
objective of weakening its immediate enemy in the North, Yohannes.
īą The present ministry of foreign affairs began its career during his time. Menelik II was the
first Ethiopian Emperor to appoint ministers of foreign affairs in the modern sense.
īą He was the first to conclude boundary treaties between neighboring colonial Powers.
īą Unlike Tewodros II and Yohannes IV, Menelik was a skillful diplomat..
īą Furthermore, before he was coroneted as emperor he had concluded many treaties. It was the
Wuchale Treaty that was signed in 1889 that led to the battle of Adwa.
īą The battle of Adwa was the consequence of the failure of Ethio-Italian diplomacy and the
failure of the subversions policy of Italians.
īą The intention of the Italians was to persuade Menelik to accept Article 17 of the Wuchale
Treaty; following the Italians defeat at Adwa both countries concluded the Addis Ababa
Treaty in 1896.
24. ConâtâĻ
īą In 1896, the emperor declared nation-wide war against Italy in
defense of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the century old
nation.
īą Indeed Britain, France, Russia and the vanquished Italy came to
Menelikâs Palace to arrange formal exchange of Ambassadors.
īą In fact, the present boundary of Ethiopia vis -a-vis its neighbors had
been defined at least on paper. With the exception of Sudan and of
course present day Eritrea (being ex-colony of Italy) the boundary
of the country with French Somaliland-Djibouti, Kenya (former
British colony), and present Somali (Italian Somaliland and British
Somaliland) had been defined on paper, yet were not demarcated.
25. Foreign Policy during Emperor Haile Selassie I (1916-1974)
īą In 1930 Haile Selassie I becomes as the emperor of Ethiopia.
īą To ensure the legal and diplomatic security of the state, he wanted the
friendship of the Europeans. He made Ethiopia, for that matter, a member
of the League of Nations. In 1923 Ethiopia formally admitted to the
League of Nations with the support of Italy and France.
īą But, Britain was not interested to admit Ethiopia as member of the League
of Nations. Ethiopiaâs policy objectives to enter in to the League of
Nations as a member were:
īą He was dedicated to the creation of a stronger, centralized and
bureaucratic empire with unquestioned respect by the international
community.
īą He facilitated Ethiopiaâs entry to the League of Nations. Ethiopiaâs
membership in the League of Nations.
26. Conâtâ..
īą In the immediate post-war period, Ethiopia was extremely dependent on British
military, economic and technical aid.
īą In 1952 U.N. resolution had made possible a federation between Ethiopia and the
former Italian colony of Eritrea.
īą Ethiopia also played significant role in Africa in fighting for African independence
and to end colonialism and apartheid.
īą In the United Nations, Ethiopia played its part in raising agendas for the
establishment of UN.
īą Ethiopia also played a significant role in maintaining international peace and
security by commit ting its troops for peacekeeping operations in Korea in 1951
and the Congo in 1961.
27. Foreign Policy during the Military Government (1974â1991)
īą The military regime that took control of state power in 1974 adopted a
foreign policy largely oriented to socialist ideology.
īą The primary objectives of the foreign policy were survival of the regime
and maintaining the territorial integrity of the country.
īą The major strategy to achieve the stated objectives heavily focused on
building the military capability of the country. And force had been
employed as the best strategy to silence dissent at home and deter the
perceived external enemies of the country.
īą Since socialism was the guiding philosophy of the country, friendship and
alliance with socialist countries of the world was considered as a viable
strategy for realizing socialism at home and perhaps in the world.
28. ConâtâĻ
īą In this regard, the country was heavily dependent on military aid on the Soviet Union
which prevented it from securing any kind of military and technical assistance from
the US and other European countries.
īą The regime was condemned by the west for its human rights record, especially its
treatment of former government officials.
īą Many external actors were involved in sponsoring the rebel group, including, Egypt,
Sudan, Somalia and later USA itself. Moreover, Somaliaâs invasion of the Ethiopian
region of Ogaden was one of the serious external challenges of the Ethiopian govât at
the time.
īą However, the regime managed to reverse the Somali aggression with the help of the
new powerful patron, USSR. The involvement of USSR in the region only heightened
the superpower rivalry between the USA and USSR during the cold war era.
29. ConâtâĻ
īą The Dergue had sent hundreds of Ethiopians for training to the Soviet
Union, Eastern Europe and Cuba while employing many of their
administrators and technicians.
īą The Dergue has signed numerous economic, social, political, trade, cultural,
educational, consular, and administrative agreements and protocols with
almost all socialist countries.
īą Apart from socialism, Ethiopiaâs strategic locations and other questions,
such as; Eritrea, Somalia, and the issue of the Nile, had also shaped the
foreign policy orientation and behavior of military government. Ethiopia
being located in the Horn of Africa is at the cross roads to the oil rich
middle East region and Indian Ocean. As a result of this the U.S.S.R was
keen to have stronghold over the area, replacing the United States.
30. ConâtâĻ
īą The regime had extended its military and technical support to Freedom fighters in
Angola and Rhodesia.
īą The regime had also showed its solidarity to Palestineâs cause by condemning
Israel and sought political allegiance with the Arab world, however the negative
perception that most Arab countries have towards Ethiopia remained unchanged.
īą Finally, the regime collapsed following the end of cold war unable to survive in
the absence of military aid from the socialist blocs, USSR, Cuba.
īą The adoption of socialism and its subsequent impact on the foreign policy of the
country could be considered as a departure from its predecessors; however the
policy objective of the country remained unchanged.
31. The Foreign Policy of Ethiopia in the Post 1991
īą FDRE government Adopted a new foreign policy orientation and
objectives. In the post 1991 period, Ethiopiaâs foreign policy is driven
primarily by the quest to ensure national interest and security.
īą So, since 1991 democracy and development are the foreign policy visions
of the country.
īą The goals of the foreign policy is to ensure the survival of the multi-
national state. National interest of the country is understood in
terms of realizing the real interest of the people mainly democracy
and development. It refers to the primary interest of the people to
live freely from poverty, disease and ignorance.
īą In this regard, foreign policy has been considered as an instrument
to solve the domestic problems of the country, including; lack of
32. Conât..
īą If the equality and democratic rights of nations, nationalities, peoples and
individuals are not realized, then conflicts can happen leading to instability and
eventual disintegration.
īą To create favorable external environment to achieve rapid economic development
and build up democratic system.
īą So democracy and development are the foreign policy visions of the country.
īą The primary strategy in realization of these goals is to put the focus on domestic
issues first. Addressing domestic political and economic problems requires forging
national consensus about the problems and exit strategies from the problem.
īą Especially in the age of globalization emphasizing on external issues such as;
seeking financial aid, loans or technical issues would subject the country to
dependency and vulnerability.
33. ConâtâĻ
ī That will limit not only the diplomatic leverage of the country
but also will neglect the crux of the matter at home, viz., the
issue of democratization and good governance and issues of
development would not be addressed. This strategy is called
an âinside-outâ approach.
ī outside enemies can be effectively deterred only after the
country builds up strong economic capability and build up a
democratic system which would in turn minimize the risk of
disintegration at home as well. The inside out approach
would then help to reduce the countries vulnerability to
threat.
34. ConâtâĻ
īą The economic diplomacy is adopted to strengthen the domestic efforts in
fighting poverty and backwardness and address the issues of development.
Economic diplomacy involves attracting foreign investments, seeking
markets for Ethiopian exportable commodities, seeking aid and
confessional loans too. Economic diplomacy has also been considered as
viable strategy under the age of globalization.
īą It helps to exploit the opportunities that globalization offers, such as free
trade, investment and technological transfers.
īą Ethiopia would be beneficiary out of the free trade regimes and practices
if sound economic policy is put in place at home. Economic diplomacy
can help the country to cope up with the challenges of globalization, but
only if we create self reliant and sustainable development
35. ConâtâĻ
īą The Security and Foreign Policy of the country also indicated that Ethiopia would
adopt a kind of East-look policy. Ethiopia appreciates the East Asian countries
economic successes and development paths.
īą The other foreign policy strategy is building up the military capability of the
country. Peaceful dialogues and negotiations will be employed to peacefully coexist
with others..
īą To this end the three regimes used a combination of both military force and
diplomacy to address both internal and external challenges depending on the
circumstances.
īą In this manner, while the imperial and the military regimeâs foreign policy strategy
is largely an approach the current regime followed âin-side outâ approach.