Index

123 agreement, 394400
32 Advisors, 205
9/11 attacks, 88, 107, 109, 156, 390
Abdullah II of Jordan, King, 409
action channels, 177
Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), 349
advocacy, 18
affect heuristic, 107
Afghanistan 
troop surge (2009), 5253, 60, 82, 164, 182184
US military withdrawal and CIA activity (2014), 181
Africa Command (AFRICOM), 143, 151, 255
African Union, 1, 257
Air Force, US, 174
close support role, 172
creation as independent organization, 171
organizational essence, 134
Albania, 151
Albright, Madeleine, 239
Alden, Chris, 340
Algeria, 150
Allison, Graham, 29, 55, 57, 119, 129, 164, 187, 377
Cuban Missile Crisis study, 5556, 254
choice of case study, 27
Model I (rational actor model), 2931, 9394
Model II (organizational process model), 31, 129130
Model III (governmental politics model), 31, 42, 165166, 194
on limitations of frameworks, 19
Almond, Gabriel, 35
Al-Qaeda, 98, 109, 156
American exceptionalism, 318, 341, 342343
anchoring effect, 103
appointments secretary for the president, 197
Arab League, 5
Aran, Amnon, 340
Argentina, 358
Armenia, 307
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), 135
arms sales, 284286
Army, US, 171, 172, 174
al-Assad, Bashar, 228
Atomic Energy Act, 394
attorney general, 197
attribution theory, 107
Australia, 348
authoritarian regimes, 352
availability bias, 104
availability cascade, 104
availability heuristic, 118
Axelrod, David, 214
Azerbaijan, 299, 300
Baker, James, 272
Baker, Peter, 92, 243
balancer role, 96
Banco Delta Asia, 138
Bannon, Steve, 15, 201, 210, 410
bargaining games, 177180
Bay of Pigs invasion, 220
Beck, Josef, 85
Beers, Joseph, 227
belief system defenses, 109
beliefs 
probability and, 61
unitary state perspective, 6063
Bentsen, Lloyd, 386
Biden, Joe, 97, 183, 208, 214, 232, 304, 398, 400
Bill of Rights, 323
Billingslea, Marshall, 260
Black, Hugo, 310
“black box” approach, 23
other countries, 346347
“Black Hawk Down” incident, 321
bloc leader role, 96
bloc member role, 96
Bodine, Barbara, 157
Bodman, Samuel, 395
Bolton, John, 218, 391
Bonior, David, 388
Bortnikov, Alexander, 362
Bosnia, 185, 231
boundary conflicts, 295
bounded rationality, 176177
Boxer, Barbara, 299
Brazil–Russia–India–China–South Africa (BRICS), 359
Brennan, John, 136
bridging the gap initiatives, 247
Bruck, H.W., 22
Bryza, Matthew, 299300
Buckley v. Valeo, 324
Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 287
buffer role, 96
bureaucratic politics perspective, 33, 164166, 254, 343, 377
agency interests, 171174
bargaining, 180184
action channels, 177180
nature of, 175
satisficing and compromise, 176
challenges, 186188
foreign policy mistakes, 184186
inadequacy of, 254259
individuals’ position and interests, 166169
key questions, 184
palace politics and bureaucratic power structures, 212213
quick reference summary, 381382
Burns, William, 139
Bush, George H.W., 118, 389
NAFTA negotiations, 385
national security advisors, 200
Somalia intervention, 321
Bush, George W., 88, 139, 216, 227
approach to complexity, 97
democracy agenda, 342
election, 91
Iraq invasion, 8890, 227, 336
groupthink, 220221
Iraq troop surge (2006), 228
Mexico summit meeting, 316
Proliferation Security Initiative, 389394
Russia and, 304
nuclear talks (2006–2009), 394401
Putin and, 186, 397
Suskind and, 369
Cameron, David, 344
Canada, 354
US Free Trade Agreement (1988), 384
Carlsnaes, Walter, 263, 360
Carnegie School, 129
Carr, E.H., 20
Carter, Jimmy, 284
Casey, William, 61
Center for a New American Security, 327
Center for System Peace, 354
Central Command (CENTCOM), 157, 255
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 22, 136
Afghanistan, 181
intelligence assessments, 173
organizational essence, 151
paramilitary activities, 173
reorganization, 136
Chamberlain, Neville, 112
Cheney, Dick, 89, 216, 233, 395
chicken, game of, 93
Chile, 150
China. See also Xi Jinping
hotline establishment, 79
India border dispute, 363364
internal politics, 340
Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute, 355
Taiwanese independence and, 59
Chirac, Jacques, 231
Chollet, Derek, 229
Christopher, Warren, 386
Circular-175 Procedure, 252
Clapp, Priscilla, 32, 169
Clarke, Michael, 38
Clarke, Richard, 403
Clinton, Bill, 118, 200, 231, 342
approach to complexity, 97
Bosnia intervention, 231
election, 383384
Iraq missile strike (1993), 200
NAFTA decision, 385388
NATO expansion question, 188, 192193
staff and advisors, 216
Clinton, Hillary, 183, 225, 388
Guantanamo Bay closure efforts and, 403, 405
influence as advisor, 232
CNN effect, 329
Cockburn, Patrick, 201
cognitive analysis, 26
cognitive bias, 103110
cognitive dissonance, 108
cognitive perspective, 45, 91, 94, 253254, 377
beliefs and cognitive biases, 103110
challenges for, 122
contrasted to unitary state perspective, 94
departmental leaders, 187
foreign policy mistakes, 120121
individual leaders’ importance, 115
key questions, 120
limits on human cognition, 9799
personality and ideology, 115117
preferences, 99103
quick reference summary, 381
role choices, 96
satisficing, 110115
cognitive process model, 95
cognitive scripts, 111
cognitive theory, 91
Cold War, 317, 346. See also Soviet Union
history of foreign policy analysis and, 21
comparative case study methodology, 351
comparative foreign policy (CFP), 345346
compared with foreign policy analysis, 346349
democratic peace theory, 353356
events data movement, 349351
middle power theory, 356360
mid-level approach, 351353
comparative politics, 348
compellence, 7071
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA) (2010), 400
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), 78
confidence-building measures (CBM), 7780
Conflict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB), 349
Congress, 135, 297308, 385
committees, 300301
elections, 312313
influence on Executive Branch, 297298
Iran nuclear deal (2009), 305306
legislative function, 298300
Middle East arms sales (early 1980s), 285
NAFTA vote, 388389
Russian nuclear talks (2006–2009), 400
Russian sanctions (2017), 331332
War Powers Resolution, 301
Constitution, 297, 302
First Amendment, 323
constructivism, 6768
coordination (organizational), 141
standard operating procedures and, 148149
Corwin, Edward Samuel, 302
counterbureaucracy, 207212
counterterrorism, 267
Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism, Bureau of, 267
courts, 308311
Craig, Greg, 402405
critical task, 171
Cuba, 317
Bay of Pigs invasion, 220
Guantanamo Bay lease, 401
Cuban Missile Crisis, 27, 78, 81, 118, 128, 197
Executive Committee, 199
organizational perspective, 157
Cui Tiankai, 235
culture (organizational), 126, 142144, 168169
Cutler, Robert, 73, 211
Czechoslovakia, 85, 112
Daalder, Ivo, 1
Dahl, Robert, 354
Daley, Bill, 209, 388
Damasio, Anthony, 111
Davenport, Kelsey, 78
David, Charles-Philippe, 234
death penalty, 316
decision environment, 41
decision theory, 64
decision unit, 197
deep state, 250
defense, secretary of, 202
Defense Department, 133, 178, 185, 188, 195, 408
Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), 349
NATO expansion question, 193
Office of Foreign Military Affairs, 255
palace politics perspective, 254
Soviet Union and, 195
staffing levels, 290
sub-bureaucratic interests, 270271
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), 256
democracy (definition), 354
democratic peace theory, 353356
Denmark, 354
Deputies Committee (DC), 271
DeRouen, Karl, 41
Destler, I.M., 131
determinants of action, 7
Deudney, Daniel, 323
Diehl, Paul, 207
Dingell, John, 301
diversionary theory of war, 288
domestic factors, 41
domestic politics, 6. See also two-level game model
boundary and factional conflicts, 295
foreign policy as extension, 287290
governmental influences, 296312
Congress, 297308
courts, 308311
elections, 311313
non-governmental influences, 313315
interest groups, 323326
media, 326330
public opinion, 315323
think tanks, 327
quick reference questions, 382383
win-set dynamics, 294295
dominant leader model, 95
domino theory, 112
Donilon, Tom, 183, 214
Downs, Anthony, 172
Downton Abbey, 249
dual-track thinking, 114
Dulles, Alan, 173
Dunford, Joseph, 148, 201, 223, 410
Dunlap, John, 37
Durant, Robert, 207
dynamic inconsistency, 102
Egypt, 101, 140, 142143
Eikenberry, Karl, 183, 262
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 22, 45, 73
elections, 311313
Emanuel, Rahm, 183, 214, 404
embassies, 140, 142143
State Department cables to, 150
emotion, 113
endowment effect, 99100
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 170
Estonia 
Russian kidnapping of intelligence officers, 127128
Etzioni, Amitai, 26
European Union (EU), 41, 340
evaluation, 18
events data movement, 349351
explanation, 18
factional conflicts, 295
Farnham, Barbara, 379
Feaver, Peter, 248
Federal Reserve Bank, 139
Fleischer, Ari, 390
Flournoy, Michele, 327, 376
Flynn, Michael, 15, 217
Forbes, Randy, 174
Foreign Affairs Restructuring and Reform Act (1998), xiii, 135
foreign countries 
intentions, 337338
foreign policy (definition), 3
foreign policy actions as organizational outputs, 131
foreign policy analysis (FPA) 
applicability to other countries, 339345
“black box” approach, 23
comparative foreign policy (CFP) and, 346349
evolution of classic models, 3941
history 
Cold War, 21
post-Second World War period, 2021
levels of analysis, 2427
motivations for, 1719
paradigms, 19
reasons for study, 710
sub-bureaucratic politics as analytical gap, 241251
types of, 1819
foreign policy community, 326
Fox, Vicente, 316
frameworks, 1920
Fried, Dan, 395, 403
Friedman, George, 82, 313
Fukuyama, Francis, 320
fundamental attribution error, 107
G20, 359
G7 summits, 36
Gadhafi, Muammar, 1, 4
Gallucci, Robert, 56, 248, 376
game theory, 64
Garvelick, William, 143
Gates, Robert, 179, 183, 232, 402
George, Alexander, 26, 56
George, Roger Z., 173
Georgia, 398399
Gephardt, Richard, 388
Gergen, David, 388
Ghana, 129
Glaser, Daniel, 139
Glennon, Michael J., 250
Global Data on Events, Location and Tone (GDELT) project, 349
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), 394
Goldgeier, James, 248
Goldwater–Nichols Act (1986), 76
Gore, Al, 91, 192, 388
Gorka, Sebastian, 217
governmental politics model, 31, 42, 165
Graham, Tom, 395
Great Britain, 343345
Greece, 307
Green Climate Fund, 331
Greenstein, Fred, 117
groupthink, 44, 219223
Grunstein, Judah, 337
Guantanamo Bay, 311, 401406
Habib, Philip, 162
Hacha, Emil, 85
Hadley, Stephen, 391
Haig, Al, 226
Haley, Nikki, 180, 408
Halle, Louis, 119
Halperin, Morton, 29, 3233, 134, 169
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 311
Haney, Patrick, 380
Hartmann, Robert, 197
Hart–Rudman Commission, 137
Havel, Vaclav, 188
Henry J. Hyde United States–India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act (2006), 396
Hermann, Margaret, 44, 197, 222
Heuer, Richards J., 110
heuristics, 103110
hidden planet effect, 280
High Frontier panel, 227
Hill, Christopher, 138, 251
Hills, Carla, 385
Hintze, Otto, 315
Hitler, Adolf, 112
Hof, Fred, 229
Holbrooke, Richard, 193
Holder, Eric, 403, 405
Holsti, K.J., 96
Homeland Security, Department of (DHS), 133, 256, 278
creation, 137
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 148
Homeland Security Act (2002), 137
homo bureaucraticus, 43
homo economicus, 43, 58
homo psychologicus, 43
homo sociologicus, 43, 45, 198
Hopkins, Harry, 208
hot–cold empathy gap, 102
hotlines, 78
Houghton, David, 43, 58, 94, 198
House, Edward, 26
House of Representatives, 312313. See also Congress
Huddleston, Vicki, 261
Hudson, Valerie, 21, 46
human rights, 267
Hume, Jack, 227
Hungary, 147
Huntington, Samuel, 288
Hussein, Saddam, 88, 109, 320, 334, 336, 373
Ikenberry, G. John, 323
Ikle, Fred, 29
India, 69, 79
China border dispute, 363364
National Security Council, 75
nuclear cooperation agreement with US, 396
Indonesia, 148
influentials, 7
Information Agency, US, 135
Institute of War and Peace Studies, 22, 24, 2526
intentions, 337338
interagency processes, 224, 264, 266, 271
Proliferation Security Initiative, 390391
interagency system, 178
interior fringe, 172
Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF), 272
international agreements, 150151
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 390
International Development, Agency for, 135
international environment, 4
international relations (IR) theory 
crossover with government positions, 247249
systemic level, 338
International Trade Administration, 256
interventionism, 342
involuntary defection, 295
Iran, 221
Bush (2000–2008) Administration policy toward, 221222
internal politics, 340
Iraq and, 335
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (nuclear deal), 40, 41, 66, 70, 295, 400
congressional involvement, 305306
officials responsible for negotiation, 225226
Revolution (1979), 121
Russian support for, 395, 399401
Iraq 
as personified state, 336337
Hidiya Special Forces Raid (2008), 158
invasion (2003), 8890, 98, 259
groupthink in run-up to, 220222
weapons inspections and WMD report, 334336
WMD programs as justification for, 334336
missile strike (1993), 200
Obama’s visit (2009), 125126, 127
troop surge (2006), 182183, 228
iron triangle, 179
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 407
isolate role, 96
Israel, 101
Camp David summit deal (2000), 113114
Lebanon invasion (1982), 162163
May 17 Accords (1983), 227
issue salience, 313
Italy, 150
Ivanov, Sergei, 362
Jackson, Henry “Scoop”, 156
Jackson–Vanik legislation, 304, 330, 344
Janis, Irving, 26, 219220
groupthink, 44
Japan, 355
Jefferson, Thomas, 342
Jervis, Robert, 26, 62, 80, 121, 173
Johnson, Dominic, 106
joint chiefs of staff, 182
Jones, Christopher M., 194
Jones, James, 183, 209, 214
Jordan, 284, 285286, 409
Joseph, Robert, 262, 390
Kahneman, Daniel, 101, 103, 114
Kaljulaid, Kersti, 127
Kanter, Arnold, 32, 169
Kantor, Mickey, 387
Katzenstein, Peter, 287
Kaufmann, William, 29
Kegley, Charles W., Jr., 341, 350
Kellerman, Barbara, 95
Kelly, John, 16, 217
Kennan, George, 67
Kennedy, John F., 3, 30, 32, 157
America as leader of free world, 342
Bay of Pigs invasion, 220
Cuban Missile Crisis 
creation of Executive Committee, 199
Kennedy, Robert, 197
Keohane, Robert, 57, 258
Kerry, John, 40, 224, 228, 400
Key West Accords (1948), 174
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 121, 284
Khouri, Rami, 289
Khrushchev, Nikita, 32
Kim Jong-un, 218
Kiriyenko, Sergei, 399
Kissinger, Henry, 90, 235, 328
on relationship of domestic policy to foreign policy, 288
kitchen cabinet, 200
Klain, Ron, 92
Korany, Baghat, 44, 149
Kosovo, 185
Krasner, Stephen, 34, 119, 179, 343
Krauthammer, Charles, 318
Kremlinology, 201
Kushner, Jared, 15, 201, 205, 208, 225, 235
Mattis’ and Dunford’s overtures to, 223
Laden, Osama bin, 88, 98
Lake, David, 287
Lake, Tony, 192
Larson, Rick, 174
Lavrov, Sergei, 362
leadership, 45, 90
background and experience, 117119
effect of individual leaders, 115
influences on decision-making, 46
leaders as human beings, 9197
personality 
Greenstein’s six traits, 117
ideology and, 115117
Lebanon, 195196
Israeli invasion (1982), 162163
US Marine deployment (1982), 184185, 187188, 372
palace politics perspective, 226
Leites, Nathan, 95
levels of analysis framework, 2427, 47, 376
liberalism, 67
Libya, 12, 3
linkage actors, 41
linkage politics, 36, 290296
Lippmann, Walter, 35
lobbying, 324
Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995), 324
Loewenstein, George, 102
loss aversion, 101
Lugar, Richard, 398
Lute, Douglas, 183
MacFarland, K.T., 217
Magnitsky Act (2012), 304, 330
Malawi, 150
al-Maliki, Nouri, 125, 127, 128
mandarin algorithm of power, 173, 174
Manifest Destiny, doctrine of, 342
Mann, Leon, 26
Marcella, Gabriel, 178
March, James, 60, 97, 181
Marsh, Kevin, 214
Marshall, Andrew, 29
Martin, Lisa, 297
Mattis, Jim, 16, 169, 201, 217, 223, 407
Matviyenko, Valentina, 362
May Group, 33, 42
Mazarr, Michael, 234
McCain, John, 402
McChrystal, Stanley, 183
McClelland, Charles, 349351
McDermott, Rose, 115
McDonough, Denis, 218, 228230
McFarlane, Robert, 38
McMaster, H.R., 201, 217, 223, 408
Mearsheimer, John, 65
media, 326330
CNN effect, 329
mediator role, 96
Medina, Javier Suarez, 316
Medvedev, Dmitry, 312, 399, 400
Meese, Edwin, 227
Melley, Brendan, 390
Menendez, Robert, 299
Merton, Robert, 19, 39
Mexico, 384
middlemanship 
G20, 359
middlepowership, 357
Miles, Rufus, 42, 167, 196
Miles’ Law, 42, 47, 167, 187, 196, 207
Miller, Stephen, 194, 201
Mingst, Karen, 41
minimax risk, 64
Mintrom, Michael, 234
Mintz, Alex, 41
mirror imaging, 121
mission, 133134
Modi, Narendra, 363
Monroe Doctrine, 342
Moravcsik, Andrew, 67
Morgenthau, Hans, 67
Morningstar, Richard, 300
motivated reasoning, 109
motivational model, 26
Mullen, Mike, 52, 183
Muller, Harald, 35
Mulroney, Brian, 384
Munich script, 112
mutual assured destruction (MAD), 69
Nasser, Gamal, 101
national attributes theory, 351
national interest, 53
national security (definition), 3
National Security Act (1947), 39, 75, 199
national security advisor, 194
National Security Council (NSC), 22, 30, 33, 73, 188, 221, 408
advisory status, 199
creation, 7274
Executive Committee, 30
international counterparts, 75
membership, 74
NATO expansion, 192
policy coordinating committess and, 271
staff, 4849
national security establishment, 126
national security strategy, 7677, 84
Navarra (Spanish frigate), 390
Navy, US, 171, 174, 319
neorealism, 65, 67
Neustadt, Richard, 29
new START treaty, 330
New York Times, 201
Niger, 151152
Nixon, Richard, 301
non-aligned role, 96
non-synergistic linkage, 307
Norman, Greg, 204
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 114, 383389
congressional campaign, 388389
internal opposition to, 388
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 5
post-Cold War expansion, 188190
North Korea, 138139, 340
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 390
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, 79
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), 390
nuclear weapons 
deterrence, 6970
Nuland, Victoria, 147
Nurmyanto, Gatot, 148
Nye, Joseph, 248, 258
Obama, Barack, 1, 218
Afghan troop surge (2009), 5253, 104, 183
American exceptionalism and, 342
attitude to US power, 4
Bryza ambassadorial appointment, 299300
delegation to Biden, 208
Gates memoir and, 179
Guantanamo Bay closure effort, 401406
Iran nuclear deal, 399401
Iraq visit (2009), 125126, 127
lead from behind thesis, 373
Libya intervention, 2, 6
Medvedev open mic incidenct, 312
on limits to foreign policy preferences, 26
Paris Climate Accords, 330331
Russia and, 304, 330
staff and advisors 
tiered rap sessions, 218
Syrian chemical weapons deal, 407
Syrian proposed missile strikes (2013), 228229
Odierno, Ray, 182
O’Donnell, Kenneth, 197
Odyssey Dawn, Operation, 1
offensive realism, 65
Office of International Religious Freedom (OIRF), 238
O’Neill, Thomas “Tip”, 268
operational goals, 133
optimization, 6365
Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 358
organizational culture, 126, 142144, 168169
organizational essence, 134139
State Department, 135137
Treasury Department, 138139
organizational process perspective, 31, 128, 251, 254, 377
beyond bureaucratic operations, 254259
challenges, 158160
coordination, 141
decision-making and agency of organizations, 127128
essence of organizations, 134139
foreign policy as organizational procedure, 145
foreign policy mistakes, 155158
incompleteness of, 259262
information processing in, 152154
key questions, 154155
mission, 133134
nature of organizations, 131133
organizational culture, 142144
organizations as actors, 127131
quick reference summary, 381
reasons for creating organizations, 132133
specialization, 139141
organizational routines, 147
O’Sullivan, Meghan, 182
overconfidence, 106
Pacific Command (PACOM), 255
Pahlavi, Reza, Shah of Iran, 121
Pakistan, 69, 79, 276
US sanctions, 83
palace politics model, 194195
access, 217
influence, 213
palace politics perspective, 43, 194, 197198, 254, 377
bureaucratic players, 202203
bureaucratic power structures and, 212213
challenges, 231234
counterbureaucracy, 207212
Crimea invasion, 362363
foreign policy mistakes, 226228
groupthink, 219223
Iraq invasion (2003), 336
key questions, 223224
leading palace indicators, 224226
persuasion and influence, 212223
presidential interests, 205212
presidential staff, 198199, 203204
quick reference summary, 382
Palestine 
2000 Camp David summit deal, 113114
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), 180
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 162
Panetta, Leon, 206, 212, 225226, 387, 403
paradigms, 19
Paris Climate Accords, 114, 150, 330331
Partnership for Peace, 189
Patrushev, Nikolai, 362
Peace Corps, 129
Pence, Mike, 410
Perot, Ross, 383
Perry, William, 193
personality, 116117
personified state, 90, 91
leaders as human beings, 9197
Petraeus, David, 52, 182, 183, 327
Philippines, 150
Plouffe, David, 218
Poland, 25, 85
Policy Coordinating Committees (PCCs), 271, 277
policy entrepreneurs, 234
“Policy Hill”, 73
poliheuristic theory, 113
polis strategicos, 58
Polity Project, 354
polythink, 44, 221222
Pompeo, Mike, 136, 217
Poneman, Dan, 399
positivism, 348
Powell, Colin, 9, 7677, 170, 221, 233, 239, 336, 373
40/70 rule, 111
Treasury bank investigations, 138
prediction, 18
preferences 
cognitive perspective, 99103
unitary state perspective, 5860
Preibus, Reince, 410
president, US, 34
as personification of unitary state, 92, 253
capacity to attend to issues, 145146
congressional limits on authority, 301
election process, 119120
lame duck status, 312
personal influence, 119120
personality types, 116117
role in bureaucratic bargaining, 179180
staff and advisors, 198199
influence, 213
national security advisors, 203204
personal counselors, 204205
position relative to other government entities, 211
presidential bureaucratic appointments, 169170
presidential systems, 352
Preston, Thomas, 44, 116
probability 
belief and, 61
estimation heuristics, 105
procrastination, 102
Proliferation Security Initiative, 389394
interagency process, 390391
Russian participation, 394395
prospect theory, 43, 101
protectee role, 96
Protector, Unified, 1
Pruitt, Scott, 170
Psaki, Jen, 218
psychological factors, 41
public administration, 246
domestic politics 
ratification processes, 293
public opinion, 3536, 315323
death penalty, 316
Putin, Vladimir, 127, 139, 186, 304, 362, 395
on US Syria intervention (2013), 343
Putnam, Robert, 36, 40, 43, 292, 339340, 377
Qatar, 15
ratification processes, 293, 297298, 305
rational actor model, 2931, 93. See also unitary state perspective
rational choice theory, 43, 58
Rayburn, Sam, 307
Reagan, Ronald, 162, 284
America as leader of free world, 342
Canadian Free Trade Agreement, 384
Lebanon crisis, 184
proposed North American trade agreement, 384
Saudi arms sales (early 1980s), 286
Shultz–Weinberger discord, 196
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 227
troika, 215
realism, 20, 65, 68, 338
regime change, 2
representativeness, 105
representativeness heuristic, 118
Rescher, Nicholas, 46
Restore Hope, Operation, 321
media coverage, 329
revolutionary role, 96
Rhodes, Ben, 194
Rice, Condoleezza, 391, 395, 399
Rice, Susan, 218, 224
Ries, John C., 153
Riggs Bank, 138
Rishikof, Harvey, 173, 308
Risse-Kappen, Thomas, 35
Rogowski, Ronald, 315
Rohatyn, Felix, 316
Rood, John, 260, 397
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 39, 208, 311
Rosati, Jerel, 34
Rosenau, James N., 35, 291, 347348
Rouse, Pete, 209
routine, 145146
Rowen, Henry, 29
Rubin, Robert, 386
Rumsfeld, Donald, 182, 395
assessment of NSC role, 75
Russia, 304. See also Soviet Union
Crimea invasion, 362363
Georgian separatism and, 398
Jackson–Vanik legistlation, 304
kidnapping of Estonian intelligence officers, 127128
North Korean money laundering and, 139
nuclear reduction initiative (2006–2009), 330, 394401
Russia engagers, 395
Russian Central Bank, 139
Rydz-Smigly, Edward, 85
Saakashvili, Mikheil, 398
Sadat, Anwar, 101
Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 157158
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 383384, 387
Sanger, David, 201
Sapin, Burton, 22
satisficing 
individuals, 111
organizations, 176
Saudi Arabia, 138, 284
arms sales to, 285286
Sawyer, Charles, 310
Schattschneider, Elmer Eric, 219
Schattschneider effect, 219, 285, 369
Schelling, Thomas, 5455, 58, 70, 82
scholar-practitioners, 22
Scowcroft, Brent, 200
secrecy, 246
secretary of state, 252
Senate, 298, 385. See also Congress
Foreign Relations Committee, 300
Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery, 156
Shaw, Timothy, 44
Shultz, George, 195
Sick, Gary, 202
Simas, David, 218
Simon, Herbert, 32, 60, 97, 132, 144, 181
Singer, J. David, 25
small-group process model, 95
small-n groupings, 352
Snow, John, 138
Snyder, Richard, 22
So San (North Korean ship), 390
social constructivism, 6768
deterrence, 6970
Somalia, 321
South Korea, 79
Soviet Union, 21, 69, 317. See also Georgia; Russia
collapse and breakup, 398
Defense Department and, 195
internal decision-making, 346
US hotline, 79
Spanish–American War, 328
special envoys, 207
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 151
specialization (organizational), 139141
spectrum of dominance, 34
Sprout, Margaret and Harold, 198
Stairs, Denis, 357
Stalin, Josef, 21
standard operating procedures (SOP), 126, 147, 156
State Department, 133, 135, 142, 178, 182, 188, 257
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 256
diplomatic cables to embassies, 150
international relations roles, 173
Middle East arms sales, 284
NATO expansion question, 188, 193
Office of International Religious Freedom (OIRF), 238, 267
organizational essence, 135137
staffing levels, 289
Stavridis, James, 1
Steel Seizure case, 310
Stein, Janice, 101
Stephanopoulos, George, 386, 388
Stern, Erik, 149
Stevens, J. Christopher, 2
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 272
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 227
Strauss, Robert, 36
structural IR theory, 66
sub-agency interests, 264, 266268
sub-bureaucratic politics perspective, 42, 377
agency of lower-level officials, 263264
authorization to negotiate, 252
challenges, 280281
definition of sub-bureaucratic politics, 269
departmental division of functions, 256258
face time and top cover, 274
identifying key players, 269277
institutional secrecy, 246
interagency communities, 277278
key questions, 279280
motivations for, 249253
necessity of, 262266
quick reference summary, 382
regional versus functional dynamics, 275277
research challenges and focus on higher-level decision-making, 242249
sub-agency interest divergence, 266268
transgovernmentalism, 258259
Walters, Vernon, 262
subordinate bureaucratic politics, 421
Sub-Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC), 390
Sunstein, Cass, 102
Supreme Court, 308310
death penalty ruling, 316
lobbying and advocacy rulings, 324
Suskind, Ron, 369
Sutherland, George, 309
Sweden, 151
synergistic linkage, 296
Syria 
missile strike on (2017), 201, 406410
proposed intervention (2013), 228229, 343
British response, 344345
System 1/System 2 cognition, 114
systemic analysis, 25
Szijjarto, Peter, 147
Taiwan, 59
Teller, Edward, 227
Tenant, George, 335
Tetlock, Philip, 109
Thaler, Richard, 102
Supreme Court 
death penalty ruling, 316
think tanks, 327
Thucydides, 67
tick-tock stories, 242
Tillerson, Rex, 15, 169, 217, 225, 407, 410
Timbie, James P., 272273
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 342
Tower Commission, 199
trade deals, 295, 307
trans-agency character, 276
transgovernmental relations, 258
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), 15
Travemünde, 190
Treasury Department, 154, 256
Middle East arms sales and, 284
organizational essence, 138139
troika, 215
Troitsky, Mikhail, 296
Truman, Harry S., 45, 310
Trump, Donald J.
Afghanistan and, 104
“America First” rhetoric, 14, 342
election and inauguration, 1415
foreign policy approach, 15
international agreements and, 114
leadership style, 1415, 92
Middle Eastern policy attitude, 409
NAFTA and, 389
Russian sanctions (2017), 331332
staff and advisors, 15, 201, 204, 217219
presidential appointments, 170
Syria missile strike (2017), 201, 231, 407410
Xi Jinping and, 235
Trump, Ivanka, 15
Turkey, 307, 358
Turnbull, Malcolm, 204
Tversky, Amos, 101, 103
two-level game model, 3538, 292296, 338, 377
applicability to other countries, 340
evolution over time, 40
Uganda, 143
Ukraine, 362363
uncertainty absorption, 153
undersecretaries, 270271
unitary state perspective, 2931, 54, 93, 253, 377
Allison frames rational actor model, 2931, 5556
beliefs in, 6063
challenges for, 8386
contrasted to cognitive perspective, 94
countries as rational actors, 5455
deterrence and compellence, 6971
foreign policy mistakes, 8283
identity of rational actor, 5657
influence on government 
centralized decision-making, 7276
confidence-building measures (CBM), 7780
international relations and, 6566
key questions, 81
limitations, 9091
optimization, 6365
preferences, 5860
quick reference summary, 381
rational choice theory and, 58
rationality, 84
US approximation to, 7172
United Kingdom, 151
parliamentary system, 343345
United Nations 
Human Rights Commission, 316
Palestine Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), 180
Security Council, 397
resolution authorizing Libyan intervention, 5
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 75
Vandenberg, Arthur, 302
Vanuatu, 151
Versailles Treaty, 112
vice president, 208
Vienna Convention, 138
Vietnam, 79, 151
Vietnam script, 112
Vietnam War, 121, 156
visa issuance, 147148
Walesa, Lech, 188
Walt, Stephen, 77
Walters, Vernon, 262
Waltz, Kenneth, 2425, 66
levels of analysis framework, 376
Wang, Kevin, 303
War Powers Act (1976), 7, 374
Ward, William “Kip”, 143
Warshaw, Anne, 92
Washington, George, 342
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 334336, 389
Weber, Max, 149
Weinberger, Caspar, 195, 372
Weinberger Doctrine, 372
Welch, David, 253
Westminster system, 343345
whole of government approach, 76
WikiLeaks, 246
Wilson, James Q., 156, 167, 171, 246
Wilson, William, 227
Wilson, Woodrow, 26
win-set dynamics, 294295
Wittkopf, Eugene, 341
Wolf, Robert, 205
Woodward, Bob, 243
Woolsey, R. James, 216
World Event Interaction Survey (WEIS), 349
World Health Organization (WHO), 358
World Trade Organization (WTO), 330
Xi Jinping, 201, 363, 408
Donald Trump and, 235
Yang Jiechi, 235
Yanukovych, Viktor, 362
Yemen, 128, 157158, 390
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer, 310
Zarif, Javid, 40
Zegart, Amy, 71
Zelikow, Philip, 19, 29, 57, 9394, 187