Latinos are now the biggest minority group in the U.S. California is the first state in the nation with a "minority majority." Diversity and US Foreign Policy argues that as the public face of America has changed, so has its foreign policy. This book brings together the most recent and best work on the domestic causes of American foreign policy. The articles meet at the intersection of two critical phenomena: expanded diversity within the US and the simultaneous expansion of political and economic power of diverse nations globally.

Contents:
Preface Introduction Framing the Discussion of Globalization, Diversity and US International Affairs Ernest J. Wilson III Part 1: Growing Demographic Diversity in US Society Global Work Force 2000: The New World Labor Market William B Johnston Travels into America's Future Robert D. Kaplan The New Face of America: Blended Races Making a True Melting Pot Maria Puente and Martin Kasindorf Part 2: Political and Economic Diversity in the Global System Don't Neglect the Impoverished South Robin Broad and John Cavanagh The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West Kishore Mahbubani Part 3: The Changing Face of America's International Affairs Grass-Roots Policyrnaking: Say Good-Bye to the 'Wise Men' Michael Clough Diversity in US Foreign Policy Making: The Dilemma Endures Allan E Goodman The FSO of Tomorrow Madeline K. Albright A House Divided: Racism at the State Department Bruce Shapiro Demographic Diversity and American Foreign Policy: Some Empirical Findings and the Parameters of the Debate Ernest J. Wilson III Part 4: The Politics of Multiculturalism in International Affairs The Erosion of American National Interest Samuel Huntington Multicultural Foreign Policy Yossi Shain All Politics are Global: Interest Groups and the Making of Foreign Policy Eric M. Uslaner Getting Uncle Sam's Ear Will Ethnic Lobbies Cramp America's Foreign Policy Style James M. Lindsay Part 5: Hispanic-Americans and US Foreign Policy The Keenest Recruits to the Dream The Economist Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies: Latino Relations with Latin America Rodolfo de la Garza, Miguel Baraona, Manuel Orozco, Harry P Panchon and Adrian D Pantoja International Interests and Foreign Policy Priorities of Mexican-Americans Patricia Hamm Dateline Washington: Cuban American Clout Carla Anne Robbins Here to Stay: The Domestic and International Priorities of Latino Leaders The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute Part 6: Asian-Americans and US Foreign Policy Bridges Across Continents: South Asians in the United States Arati Rao Slanted Racial Prejudice is Part of What Fuelled the Clinton Campaign Scandal Robert Wright Part 7: Jewish-Americans and US Foreign Policy The Genesis of the Special Relationship Between the United States and Israel, 1948-1973 Bat-Ami Zucker Part 8: Arab-Americans, Middle-Eastern Americans and US Foreign Policy Local Politics is Global, as Hill Turns to Armenia Steven Mufson American Foreign Policy in the Middle East and its Impact on the Identity of Arab Muslims in the United States Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad How to Define a Muslim American Agenda Mohammed Ayoob Arab and Muslim America: A Snapshot Shibley Telhami Part 9: African-Americans and US Foreign Policy Citizen Diplomacy and Jesse Jackson A Case Study for Influencing US Foreign Policy Toward Southern Africa Karin L. Stanford African-American Perspectives on Foreign Policy Elliott P. Skinner The African Growth and Opportunity Act Changing Foreign Policy Priorities Toward Africa in a Conservative Political Culture Ronald Walters Part 10: Human Rights and Gender in US Foreign Policy Human Rights and American Foreign Policy The Rhetoric and the Practice Larman C. Wilson Gender and the Foreign Policy Institutions Nancy E. McGlen and Meredith R. Sarkees Part 11: The Impact of 9/11 Bowling Together Robert D. Putnam Politics After September 11 Michael Barone Part 12: Conclusion Double Diversity The Intersection of Big Changes at Home and Abroad Ernest J. Wilson III