What is Foreign Policy? What are the sources of Foreign Policy making? What are different levels of Foreign Policy Analysis?

1. FOREIGN POLICY
LEVEL-OF-ANALYSIS PROBLEM

2. • Foreign Policy
• Sources of Foreign Policy
• Level-of-Analysis
• International / System level
• State / Unit Level
• Conclusion / Q-A Session
OUTLINE

3. BEFORE PROCEEDING

4. • The strategy of a state for dealing with the other state(s)
• Systematic way to deal with International issues
• A policy to promote, protect and defend nation’s goals
• Sovereignty
• Objectives
• Sources
FOREIGN POLICY

5. FP MAKING

6. • External Sources
• International Geo-Politics
• Interaction between State and Non-State actors
• Realistic International Relations – EU, NATO
• Societal Sources
• Domestic Social & Political System
• Shaped by history, ideology etc. – Manifest Destiny, Pro-
Capitalism FP
SOURCES OF FP

7. • Governmental Sources
• FP shaped by the organization of the government
• Dictated by the government – Post 9/11 US FP
• Individual Sources
• When skills, talent, prior experiences, personal decisions of a
person determine shape of foreign policy
• Bush’s invasion of Iraq and later justifications
SOURCES OF FP

8. • Role Sources
• Impact of office on FP makers
• Extension or alteration of existing policy – US Afghan FP
SOURCES OF FP

9. • J. David Singer
• Professor of Pol. Science at Unit. of Michigan
• An Analytical Model must be able to:
• Describe the problem / phenomenon
• Explain the problem / phenomenon
• Predict the problem / phenomenon
LEVEL OF ANALYSIS - MODEL

10. • Effectiveness in describing
• Comprehensive but lacks specific details
• Effectiveness in explaining
• Advantage: manageable and helps making casual statements
• Disadvantage: Exaggerates the impact of system on actors as
well as suggests that every actors follows same motive
• Effectiveness in predicting
• Satisfactory but general predictions
INTL. SYSTEM LEVEL ANALYSIS

11. • Effectiveness in describing
• Specific, detailed but creates over differentiation among actors
• Effectiveness in explaining
• Advantage: highlights nation’s motives and method to achieve
foreign policy goals
• Disadvantage: goals and motivations are both dependent and
independent variables, may limit the scope
• Effectiveness in predicting
• Predicts the FP of nations effectively
NATIONAL STATE LEVEL ANALYSIS

12. • What is the most dominant factors / sources shaping
foreign policy of your country?
 Recall the sources of FP Making
• Analyze the North Korea event in the light of information
presented.
SUGGESTED DEBATE TOPICS

13. CONCLUSION
QUESTIONS-ANSWERS SESSION