The type of government a country possesses is often thought to influence foreign policy. According to those who subscribe to this view, whether a country is democratic or autocratic will have a bearing on how policy is made and, in turn, on the kind of policy that results. What are the consequences of different types of government for the formulation and conduct of foreign policy?
What will be an ideal response?
All international actors organized to take action abroad are composed of a collection of
individuals. How these group actors are governed, and the processes and procedures
they follow to reach foreign policy decisions, are forces of their own that structure and
determine the decisions that are reached. The size of the organization, its power
relative to the other actors with which it interacts, the financial resources, and the
distribution of opinion within the actor all affect its capacity to make foreign policy
choices in response to changes in global circumstances.
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Personalist rule can emerge from:
a. monarchy. b. one-party rule. c. military rule. d. any of the previous types.
According to the liberal perspective, the longer term stationing of U.S. and Western troops in Saudi Arabia to protect the oil fields as an unintended consequence of the first Persian Gulf War is an example of ________.
a. interdependence b. path dependence c. spillover d. process tracing
A course of action that is shaped by government officials is
A) feedback. B) a demand. C) a support. D) public policy. E) uniform action.
In terms of business, today's newspaper industry is
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