Overview
Essay question: present a foreign policy analysis of how The United Kingdom responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Following this essay question please answer the questions in detail.
- What is the UK decision on this and can you please explain why using Foreign Policy Analysis?
- First, can you help me start by doing a baseline assessment - using tools of baselines - refer to CIA World Factbook for material power and Websites of heads of government for role expectations (please use quotes here/evidence) How do I write baseline assessment for this question for United Kingdom? What steps would I take to produce a baseline assessment? What do I analyse? What are the advantages and disadvantages of just analysing material power and role expectations? Why shall I focus on both material power and role expectations? Or shall I focus on one if so why justify reasons?
- Explain why you would use other tools of the FPA toolkit following this question? E.g. heuristics and schema. What tools shall I use and not explain why? But please also mention which tools should not be used and why.
- Why shall I use heuristic and schema for my analysis for this question explain the reasons and justify with the following sources and what do they argue:
1. Larson, Deborah Welch (1994) "The role of belief systems and schemas in foreign policy decision-making", Political Psychology 15(1): 17-33.
2. Vertzberger, Yaacov (1986) "Foreign policy decision-makers as practical-intuitive historians: Applied history and its shortcomings", International Studies Quarterly 30(2).
3. Mintz, Alex (2004) "How do leaders make decisions? A Poliheuristic perspective", Journal of Conflict Resolution48(1): 3-13.
5. Why shall I focus on role contestation and extractive capacity for my analysis for this question explain reasons and justify with following sources and what do they argue:
1. Cantir, Cristian and Kaarbo, Juliet (2012) "Contested roles and domestic politics: Reflections on role theory in Foreign Policy Analysis and IR theory", Foreign Policy Analysis 8(1): 5-24.
2. Taliaferro, Jeffrey (2006) "State building for future wars: Neoclassical realism and the resource-extractive state", Security Studies 15(3): 464-495.
6. Why shall I focus on operational codes for my analysis use the sources below:
1. George, Alexander (1969) “The Operational Code: A Neglected Approach to the Study of Political Leaders and Decision-Making”, International Studies Quarterly 13(2): 190-222.
And at the end- Reflect on how certain you are in analysis at the end, what evidence would you ideally like to have but don't? How reliable? Opportunity to reflect on shortcomings of the model itself, and tools you are using. Relative pros and cons of diff tools in FPA toolkit/strengths and weaknesses. In each things you do please justify with reasons.
- IN SUMMARY, you are basically producing a baseline assessment first of the question and also explaining what other tools should be used as a baseline is limited. FOCUS ON ESSAY QUESTION!!! THIS IS AN ESSAY.