IR 360 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - President Of The United States, Presidency Of George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy
20 Nov 2018
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A typology of crisis management (how we organize our thinking on the subject) Information, can make the best possible decision with the most information. Heuristic thinking: any empirical or methodological way of modeling a particular phenomenon. Because that"s what creates the grave problem (they get angry and can blow things up: foreign policy crises (different from international crises) International crises (different from foreign policy crises: natural disasters, national emergencies, crises are destabilizing and thus dangerous, they are just not good. Three assumptions about crises: systematic investigation of crises is possible at all levels. Implicit in this definition is the introduction of wmd. International crises when: disruptive interactions change (intrude themselves into the way things are being done war, blocking of commerce, series of insurgent attacks, cyber attacks, etc, change in type; not just one thing, require multiple different responses. The unified model (not an answer for crisis behavior, but tells us about crisis incidents-helps.
