Presidential Decisionmaking In Foreign Policy

Author : Luca Trenta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317521259

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Risk and Presidential Decision-making by Luca Trenta Pdf

This book aims at gauging whether the nature of US foreign policy decision-making has changed after the Cold War as radically as a large body of literature seems to suggest, and develops a new framework to interpret presidential decision-making in foreign policy. It locates the study of risk in US foreign policy in a wider intellectual landscape that draws on contemporary debates in historiography, international relations and Presidential studies. Based on developments in the health and environment literature, the book identifies the President as the ultimate risk-manager, demonstrating how a President is called to perform a delicate balancing act between risks on the domestic/political side and risks on the strategic/international side. Every decision represents a ‘risk vs. risk trade-off,’ in which the management of one ‘target risk’ leads to the development ‘countervailing risks.’ The book applies this framework to the study three major crises in US foreign policy: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979, and the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995. Each case-study results from substantial archival research and over twenty interviews with policymakers and academics, including former President Jimmy Carter and former Senator Bob Dole. This book is ideal for postgraduate researchers and academics in US foreign policy, foreign policy decision-making and the US Presidency as well as Departments and Institutes dealing with the study of risk in the social sciences. The case studies will also be of great use to undergraduate students.

Author : David Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429581229

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Making Foreign Policy by David Mitchell Pdf

Originally published in 2005. David Mitchell provides a better understanding of the role presidents play in the decision-making process in terms of their influence on two key steps in the process: deliberation and outcome of policy making. The events that have taken place in relation to the Bush administration's decisions to fight the war on terrorism and invade Iraq highlight how important it is to understand the president's role in formulating policy. This influential study presents an advisory system theory of decision-making to examine cases of presidential policy formulation drawn from the Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush administrations. Easily accessible to scholars, graduates and advanced undergraduates interested in US foreign policy or foreign policy analysis, presidential studies, and bureaucracy and public administrations scholars, and to practitioners and those with a general interest in International Relations.

Author : Alexander L George
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4916296

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0813325919 Presidential Personality and Performance

Author : Thomas Knecht
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271056685

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Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs by Thomas Knecht Pdf

Do American presidents consider public opinion when making foreign policy decisions? In a democracy, it is generally assumed that citizen preferences inform public policy. For a variety of reasons, however, foreign policy has always posed a difficult challenge for democratic governance. In Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs, Thomas Knecht offers new insights into the relationship between public opinion and U.S. foreign policy. He does so by shifting our focus away from the opinions that Americans hold and toward the issues that grab the public’s attention. Policy making under the glare of public scrutiny differs from policy making when no one is looking. As public interest in foreign policy increases, the political stakes also rise. A highly attentive public can then force presidents to choose foreign policies that are less politically risky but usually less effective. By tracking the ebb and flow of public attention to foreign policy, this book offers a method of predicting when presidents are likely to lead, follow, or simply ignore the American public.

Author : Edward R. Drachman,Alan Shank
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438401515

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Presidents and Foreign Policy by Edward R. Drachman,Alan Shank Pdf

Presidents and Foreign Policy examines countdowns to ten important and controversial decisions in the post-World War II period, using the case study approach. The authors include one major controversy for each president from Truman to Clinton. The cases cover central issues of diplomacy, war and peace, and covert action that shaped the Cold War period and its aftermath in all major areas of the world. After reviewing the historical background of each decision, each case examines the foreign and domestic policy context, the effectiveness of presidential decision-making, and results of the decision. The reader is challenged to think about each decision by responding to a unique evaluation scheme the authors developed and tested.

Author : Rees, Morgan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529215915

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Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy by Rees, Morgan Pdf

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take. This book sets out to explain why and when presidents choose to use force. The book examines decisions to use force throughout the post-Cold War period, via flashpoints including the Balkans, the ‘War on Terror’ and the Middle East. It develops new explanations for variation in the use of force in US foreign policy by theorizing and demonstrating the effects of the displacement and repression of ideas within and across different US presidential administrations, from George H.W. Bush to Donald Trump. For students, scholars and anyone with an interest in international relations and global security, this book is an original perspective on a defining issue of recent decades.

Author : Roger B. Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521271126

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Presidential Decision Making by Roger B. Porter Pdf

This inside account of decision making in the White House describes the organizational challenges the President faces. The Economic Policy Board was one of the most systematic and sustained attempts to organize advice for the President in recent decades. The author examines the Board's deliberations over three controversial policy issues, drawing on scores of interviews with cabinet officials and career civil servants.

Author : Rees, Morgan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529215922

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Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy by Rees, Morgan Pdf

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take. This book sets out to explain why and when presidents choose to use force. The book examines decisions to use force throughout the post-Cold War period, via flashpoints including the Balkans, the ‘War on Terror’ and the Middle East. It develops new explanations for variation in the use of force in US foreign policy by theorizing and demonstrating the effects of the displacement and repression of ideas within and across different US presidential administrations, from George H.W. Bush to Donald Trump. For students, scholars and anyone with an interest in international relations and global security, this book is an original perspective on a defining issue of recent decades.

Author : Nikolas K. Gvosdev,Jessica D. Blankshain,David A. Cooper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108575843

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Decision-Making in American Foreign Policy by Nikolas K. Gvosdev,Jessica D. Blankshain,David A. Cooper Pdf

This foreign policy analysis textbook is written especially for students studying to become national security professionals. It translates academic knowledge about the complex influences on American foreign policymaking into an intuitive, cohesive, and practical set of analytic tools. The focus here is not theory for the sake of theory, but rather to translate theory into practice. Classic paradigms are adapted to fit the changing realities of the contemporary national security environment. For example, the growing centrality of the White House is seen in the 'palace politics' of the president's inner circle, and the growth of the national security apparatus introduces new dimensions to organizational processes and subordinate levels of bureaucratic politics. Real-world case studies are used throughout to allow students to apply theory. These comprise recent events that draw impartially across partisan lines and encompass a variety of diplomatic, military, and economic and trade issues.

Author : Trenta Luca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317521266

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Risk and Presidential Decision-making by Trenta Luca Pdf

This book aims at gauging whether the nature of US foreign policy decision-making has changed after the Cold War as radically as a large body of literature seems to suggest, and develops a new framework to interpret presidential decision-making in foreign policy. It locates the study of risk in US foreign policy in a wider intellectual landscape that draws on contemporary debates in historiography, international relations and Presidential studies. Based on developments in the health and environment literature, the book identifies the President as the ultimate risk-manager, demonstrating how a President is called to perform a delicate balancing act between risks on the domestic/political side and risks on the strategic/international side. Every decision represents a ‘risk vs. risk trade-off,’ in which the management of one ‘target risk’ leads to the development ‘countervailing risks.’ The book applies this framework to the study three major crises in US foreign policy: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979, and the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995. Each case-study results from substantial archival research and over twenty interviews with policymakers and academics, including former President Jimmy Carter and former Senator Bob Dole. This book is ideal for postgraduate researchers and academics in US foreign policy, foreign policy decision-making and the US Presidency as well as Departments and Institutes dealing with the study of risk in the social sciences. The case studies will also be of great use to undergraduate students.

Author : Aaron Lobel
Publisher : Hollis Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 1884186114

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Presidential Judgment by Aaron Lobel Pdf

Author : Alex Mintz,Karl DeRouen Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139487221

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Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making by Alex Mintz,Karl DeRouen Jr Pdf

Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making presents a psychological approach to foreign policy decision making. This approach focuses on the decision process, dynamics, and outcome. The book includes a wealth of extended real-world case studies and examples that are woven into the text. The cases and examples, which are written in an accessible style, include decisions made by leaders of the United States, Israel, New Zealand, Cuba, Iceland, United Kingdom, and others. In addition to coverage of the rational model of decision making, levels of analysis of foreign policy decision making, and types of decisions, the book includes extensive material on alternatives to the rational choice model, the marketing and framing of decisions, cognitive biases, and domestic, cultural, and international influences on decision making in international affairs. Existing textbooks do not present such an approach to foreign policy decision making, international relations, American foreign policy, and comparative foreign policy.

Author : Thomas Knecht
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271074474

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Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs by Thomas Knecht Pdf

Do American presidents consider public opinion when making foreign policy decisions? In a democracy, it is generally assumed that citizen preferences inform public policy. For a variety of reasons, however, foreign policy has always posed a difficult challenge for democratic governance. In Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs, Thomas Knecht offers new insights into the relationship between public opinion and U.S. foreign policy. He does so by shifting our focus away from the opinions that Americans hold and toward the issues that grab the public’s attention. Policy making under the glare of public scrutiny differs from policy making when no one is looking. As public interest in foreign policy increases, the political stakes also rise. A highly attentive public can then force presidents to choose foreign policies that are less politically risky but usually less effective. By tracking the ebb and flow of public attention to foreign policy, this book offers a method of predicting when presidents are likely to lead, follow, or simply ignore the American public.

Author : Rose McDermott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139468893

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Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making by Rose McDermott Pdf

Examines the impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. Illness provides specific, predictable, and recognizable shifts in attention, time perspective, cognitive capacity, judgment, and emotion, which systematically affect impaired leaders. In particular, this book discusses the ways in which processes related to aging, physical and psychological illness, and addiction influence decision making. This book provides detailed analysis of four cases among the American presidency. Woodrow Wilson's October 1919 stroke affected his behavior during the Senate fight over ratifying the League of Nations. Franklin Roosevelt's severe coronary disease influenced his decisions concerning the conduct of war in the Pacific from 1943–1945 in particular. John Kennedy's illnesses and treatments altered his behavior at the 1961 Vienna conference with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. And Nixon's psychological impairments biased his decisions regarding the covert bombing of Cambodia in 1969–1970.

Author : Rees, Morgan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781529215908

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Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy by Rees, Morgan Pdf

Examining the post-Cold War period, this book sets out to explain why and when US presidents choose to use force. It develops new explanations for variation in the use of force in US foreign policy by theorizing and demonstrating the effects of the displacement and repression of ideas within and across different US Presidential administrations.