This publication is based on the positive response AMO received to a book published last year, Czech Foreign Policy and the 2006 Elections ("Česká zahraniční politika a volby 2006"), in which AMO analysts compared and evaluated the foreign policy sections of the primary political parties' election platforms. On the basis of this analysis, they came to the conclusion that despite its determinative significance, foreign policy was markedly underestimated - if not marginalized - in party platforms. The authors therefore devoted the second half of the book to a set of recommendations.