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?
- 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?
- How would you use the CIA World Factbook for material power and Websites of heads of government for studying role expectations in analysing this question? Please provide examples. For possible evidence refer to evidence so for example, to study material power we would further look at The CIA World Factbook v for role expectations..... E.G. for justifications = I would use the The CIA World Factbook for material power to..... For example, this source.... highlights.... I would use Websites of heads of government for studying role expectations to.... For example, this source.... highlights....
- 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? 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 Resolution 48(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.