Levels of Analysis

Question 1

what are foreign policy interests

Answer 1

-a situation in the world that the leaders of a government want to exist, so much that they’re willing to pay costs to bring it about
-National leaders often have to accept theres a gap between their aspiration to promote a given interest and their reality/capacity to actually do so

Question 2

what are foreign policy strategies

Answer 2

a stratgey to advance/defend an interest- consists of the specification by leaders of objectives (the outcomes that help advance an interest) and policy instruments (the concrete measures the gov takes to reach its objectives and thus advance its interest)

Question 3

what instruments are used in foreign policy strategy

Answer 3

-instruments of coercion
-instruments of persuasion

Question 4

what are instruments of coercion

Question 5

what are instruments of persuasion

Question 6

what are the sources of foreign policy at state level

Question 7

what are the sources of foreign policy at individual level

Question 8

what are the sources of foreign policy at international level