Wolfgang Wagner is Professor of International Security in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published a number of articles in leading journals including West European Politics.

Explores discernable patterns of political parties in foreign, security, and defense policy, highlighting the curvilinear relationship between the Left/Right dimension and foreign policy positions in the party politics of foreign affairs.

• 1: Introduction and Plan of the Book 2: Democratic Politics and Foreign Affairs. A Theoretical Framework 3: Contestation and Politicization of Security and Defence Policy 4: The Party Politics of Foreign and Security Policy 5: Debating Military Interventions: Party-Specific Arguments and Justifications 6: Conclusions and Outlook

Wolfgang Wagner is Professor of International Security in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published a number of articles in leading journals including West European Politics.

Explores discernable patterns of political parties in foreign, security, and defense policy, highlighting the curvilinear relationship between the Left/Right dimension and foreign policy positions in the party politics of foreign affairs.

• 1: Introduction and Plan of the Book 2: Democratic Politics and Foreign Affairs. A Theoretical Framework 3: Contestation and Politicization of Security and Defence Policy 4: The Party Politics of Foreign and Security Policy 5: Debating Military Interventions: Party-Specific Arguments and Justifications 6: Conclusions and Outlook