State or Internal Influences

Global Influences

Individual Influences

Foreign Policy Decisions

A theoretical postulate that states that foreign policies are determined by a countys location, natural resources and physical environment.

states internal capabilities shape their foreign policy. All states may seek similar goals but the capacity to realize it may vary according to its military capabilities.

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level of industrial and economic development of a state can affect the foreign policy it can pursue. Economically powerful states are more assertive.

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political system of the state, organization, bureaucracy and the extent of the power of the state influences decision making and foreign policy making

Problem Recognition and definition

Goal Selection

Identification of Alternatives

Choice

Implementation

Bounded Rationality Cognitive Dissonance Policy Agenda

Satisficing Two Level Games Muddling Through

Bureaucracies-Agencies, regulatory commissions and departments that conduct the function of government.

Impediments

Bureaucratic Politics Model

Policy Networks

Groupthink

Leader

Attributes

History Making Individual Model

Political efficacy

Zeitgeist