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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.