An understanding of foreign policy is of importance not only to professionals and scholars in international relations but also to the many international and multinational corporations with business interests in different parts of the world. Those who need to gain a rapid yet authoritative understanding of the foreign policies of the major powers should find this set to be of use. The four volumes - covering the USA, the Soviet Union and present-day Russia, China and Japan and the European Union - form a timely comprehensive and up-to-date account of the major debates and developments of the world's major powers.