Foreign Policy Analysis

Valerie M. Hudson is professor and George H. W. Bush Chair at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.Benjamin S. Day is associate lecturer in the department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.

• PART I. Overview and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis1. Introduction: The Situation and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis: A Road MapPART II. Levels of Analysis2. The Individual Decisionmaker: The Political Psychology of World Leaders3. Group Decisionmaking: Small Group Dynamics, Organizational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics4. Culture and National Identity5. Domestic Politics and Opposition6. The Levels of National Attributes and International System: Effects on Foreign PolicyPART III. Putting It All Together, or Not7. Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis8. The Future of Foreign Policy Analysis

“Foreign Policy Analysis continues to be the definitive book for making foreign policy decision-making comprehensible to the novice while also providing a manual for the would-be researcher and scholar. This is a must-read book for students (as well as interested foreign policy observers) to help them build their own conceptual models of how foreign policy occurs. The book offers insight into a variety of distinct approaches while also allowing for pluralistic integration for those who want to borrow from or combine multiple approaches. My students have benefited, and will continue to benefit, from Foreign Policy Analysis as the cornerstone of their foreign policy education.”