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System Analysis

Level’s of Analysis

James Rosenau has a very good definition of Foreign Policy. He defines it in terms of states in the international system, that there is policy within and a policy without, and it is the boundary of the nation-state that determines what is domestic and what is foreign. Moreover, the right to make foreign policy has been reserved traditionally only to certain bureaucrats, agencies, and authorities representing the governments of states. It is the security of the nation-state that is brought into consideration when making foreign policy. But where does the underlying influence lay in the making of these decisions? There are three basic levels of analysis: the individual level, the state level, and the systems level. The fundamental questions to consider when thinking upon what level to look are: the leader's psychological makeup, the decision-making system that is in place, the political system that is in place, the national system that is in place, and the i...

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