Renegade states : the evolution of revolutionary foreign policy / edited by Stephen Chan and Andrew J. Williams.

Includes index.

1. Introduction / Andrew Williams and Stephen Chan -- 2. Theories of revolution in international relations / Paul Rich -- 3. The French Revolution / Andrew Williams -- 4. The Russian Revolution / Andrew Williams -- 5. Revolution, culture and the foreign policy of China / Stephen Chan -- 6. The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and its foreign policy in the 1990s / Hazel Smith -- 7. The Islamic revolution in Iran: its impact on foreign policy / Philip G. Philip -- 8. The conservative approach: Sandinista Nicaragua's foreign policy / Hazel Smith -- 9. Two African states (Angola and Ethiopia) and the motifs of revolution / Stephen Chan -- 10. The determinants of Iraqi foreign policy behaviour in the 1980s / Mahmoud Sariolghalam -- 11. Sympathy for the Devil / Stephen Chan and Andrew Williams.

One of the flashpoints of international relations is the tortuous relationship between established 'status quo' powers and revolutionary states such as China, North Korea, Iran, Nicaragua and Iraq.

This textbook bridges the gap between analyses of revolutions, which tend to concentrate on their domestic causes, and the study of the impact of 'renegade' states on the international system. It sees revolutionary states as a central dynamic of modern international society, rather than as aberrations damaging an otherwise stable international body politic. The authors provide a series of historical and contemporary case studies, and theoretical analyses.

They contribute significantly to a debate on the nature of international politics that has foundered into complacency and self-congratulation about the 'end of history'.