I. THE NATURE OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

INTRODUCTION
THE ROLE OF VALUES AND BELIEFS IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Three Key Points on Values and Beliefs:
THE HISTORICAL AMERICAN APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY
THE COLD WAR
THE FOREIGN POLICY ENVIRONMENT SINCE 1990
The International System
UNITED STATES DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT
THE BUSH DOCTRINE
Criticisms/Concerns Over the Bush Doctrine and NSS
POWER IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
PRESIDENTS CARTER THROUGH CLINTON
THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

II. WHO MAKES AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY?

CONSTITUTIONAL AND HISTORICAL UNDERPINNINGS
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
WHY THE WHITE HOUSE DOMINATES NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION-
MAKING
LIMITS AND CONSTRAINTS ON PRESIDENT POWER IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL POWERS
STATE
DoD
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES
FEDERAL COURTS

III. DOMESTIC INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN POLICY

DOMESTIC ACTORS
Interest Groups
Public Opinion and Elections
Media
IV. POLICYMAKING GOOD AND BAD

FOLLY
CASE STUDY: Iraq in the 1980s, the Reagan and Bush Administrations:
JUDGMENT IN FOREIGN POLICYMAKING
JUDGMENT TYPES
RELIANCE ON PAST EXPERIENCES IN DECIDING AND LEARNING
THREE WRONG LESSONS THAT ARE MOST OFTEN LEARNED BY POLICY- MAKERS FROM HISTORY.

POLICY FROM GROUP THINK
Antecedent Conditions For Groupthink
General Group Characteristics
Decision-Making Defects In Group Settings
Symptoms Of Groupthink
Consequences

V. DECISION-MAKING

ESSENCE OF POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING
THE RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL
INCREMENTAL DECISION-MAKING
ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY

VI. PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT STYLES IN FOREIGN POLICY

PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT MODELS