Evaluating the Analytical Efficacy of Decision-Making Theory in Understanding Foreign Policy Formulation and Conduct Introduction Foreign policy analysis (FPA) occupies a central place within the study of international relations, where scholars attempt to elucidate how states perceive, define, and pursue their external goals. Among the prominent frameworks for explaining state behavior, decision-making theory has emerged … Continue reading How effective is decision-making theory as an analytical framework for understanding and evaluating the formulation and conduct of foreign policy?