Policy Perspectives on National Security and Foreign Policy Decision Making
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This article reviews major decision‐making models with an emphasis on basic theoretical perspectives as well as on how these models explain foreign policy decision making and national and international security decisions. Furthermore, we examine how these models have been utilized in explanations of various international crises. Specifically, for each model, we present examples drawn from the literature on applications of the respective model to foreign policy and national security decisions. The theories we have reviewed are as follows: rational choice, cybernetic model, prospect theory, poliheuristic theory, organizational and bureaucratic politics, groupthink and polythink, and analogical reasoning. We also review theAppliedDecisionAnalysis method, and the concept of biases in decision making.
Source: Policy Studies Journal
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12010
Authors: Steven B. Redd, Alex Mintz
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2124332840