POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Great Power, Security Dilemma, Hegemony
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The layers of the onion: three levels of analysis (or three images of international politics) Does the personality/psychology of stephen harper influence canada(cid:1932)s. What is foreign policy? (trade and security goals achieved through diplomacy/relation with states) !-foreign policy is the totality of steps a state takes to secure its interests in its. !-achieving a state(cid:1932)s ends in international politics using available means. *for a state to actually be able to influence politics internationally it has to build up. *foreign policy of states can be associated with the personality of the. *these are a larger problem in autocratic regimes because institutions can. !-effect (thing we want to explain): foreign policy. !-ideology (the ideology that leaders have may drive foreign policy) !-pathology (the ways in which someone is crazy can affect foreign policy as well, !although while it may be important theorizing this is too abstract and difficult) !-lobby examples: lobbies against trade with countries lacking a labor union.
