This book is an important guide to the Analysis of Foreign Policy, a complex and relatively unknown area of International Relations. It presents the main points of theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, including the personality and psychology of the responsible actors of foreign policy and decision-making, group dynamics, organizational processes, bureaucratic politics, domestic politics, various cultural and social influences on foreign policy, national characteristics, system-level outcomes, and more. It also describes the areas in which the next generation of foreign policy analysts can contribute significantly.

"The publication of this book by Valerie M. Hudson is very important. Firstly, because it covers a significant gap in Greek literature. Secondly, because it introduces the crucial reflection on the connection between agency and structure in a specific and useful way for International Relations. Thirdly, because it offers a series of practically useful theoretical conclusions on how foreign policy is produced. These conclusions have general value and application, even for those of us for whom International Relations begin and end with Greek foreign policy, which in turn begins and ends with Greece's relations with Turkey."

The Greek translation of Hudson's book, "Analysis of Foreign Policy: From Experience to Theory," can only contribute to the maturation of International Relations in our country. For a small and vulnerable country like Greece, whose prosperity depends to a great extent on the international environment, the development of international thinking and the evolution of International Relations are a national imperative."

From the Foreword by Dimitris Kairidis