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foreign policy

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Let an agent explain foreign policy as a field and its instruments, describe the foreign policies and doctrines of specific states with attribution, present debates and theories such as deterrence with positions attributed, and support study.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain foreign policy as a field and its instruments, describe the foreign policies and doctrines of specific states with attribution, present debates and theories such as deterrence with positions attributed, and support study.

The set of goals, strategies and actions by which a state conducts its relations with other states and international actors, including diplomacy, alliances, trade, aid, deterrence and, in some cases, intervention, shaped by national interests, institutions, leaders and doctrines such as United States presidential doctrines or the foreign policy of China; foreign policy is studied in international relations and history, and contested matters such as interventions, nuclear postures and alliances are described with attribution.

What it is for: How states conduct external relations.

It can be explain the field and instruments; describe policies with attribution; present debates and theories; support study.

Distinguishing features

External orientation

Instruments of statecraft

Doctrines

Contested interpretation

What it looks like

Not physical; a domain of policy.

How it is recognised

State strategy toward other states and actors

Diplomacy, alliances, trade, deterrence

Domestic policy concerns internal matters; international law is the legal framework

Related models

is a kind of - category

public policy

is a kind of - category

activity

is related to - a principal instrument

diplomacy

is related to - a foundational concept

sovereignty

In practice

Families and kinds

diplomacy and alliances

economic and trade policy

security and deterrence policy

foreign policy doctrines

foreign policies of specific states

Standards and regulation

Constitutional allocation of foreign affairs powers

International law and treaties

Parliamentary oversight rules

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan or unattributed presentation

Presenting contested interventions as settled

Providing operational military detail, which is out of scope

Also called

foreign policy of Chinaforeign interventions by Chinadeterrence theorynuclear armament of Japannuclear umbrellaUnited States presidential doctrineisolationismBurmese Way to Socialismsakokuforeign policy of Indiapolicy of peaceexport policyimport policyforeign policy of the Second Polish Republicnon-interventionismBamboo diplomacyopening of the countryperpetual wardemocracy promotionForward PolicyGyorininternational relations of Saxony1980 grain embargoforeign policy of Japantrade policysadaejuuipolicy of deliberate ambiguityforeign policy of the United StatesEdict to Repel Foreign Vesselsindependent foreign policyUnited States non-interventionismnon-intervention in the Spanish Civil Wardemocracy promotion by the United Statestrade policy of Japantrade promotionexport controlforeign policy of the Joe Biden administrationUnited States foreign policy in the Middle EastForeign policy of the Jimmy Carter administration

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What foreign policy is.

International relations.

Concept

Concept and instruments.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is foreign policy, what instruments does it use, and how is it made within states? definition
  2. Which state or issue is meant? boundary

Theories

Theories.

Theories

Theories.

  1. How do theories such as realism, liberalism, constructivism and deterrence theory explain foreign policy, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific theory? action
States Policies of states.

Attribution.

Doctrines

Doctrines.

Doctrines

Doctrines.

  1. What are the foreign policy doctrines of specific states, such as presidential doctrines, as stated by governments and analysed by scholars? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary

Cases

Specific policies.

Cases

Cases.

  1. How do scholars and governments describe the foreign policy of a given state, including interventions and alliances, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific state? action
Security Security and deterrence.

Attribution.

Deterrence

Deterrence and nuclear policy.

Deterrence

Deterrence.

  1. What are deterrence theory, extended deterrence and nuclear umbrellas, and what debates surround nuclear postures, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the request seeking operational military detail, which is out of scope? boundary

Alliances

Alliances.

Alliances

Alliances.

  1. How do alliances shape foreign policy, and what debates surround them? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific alliance? action
Learn History and study.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has foreign policy developed as a practice and field of study? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can foreign policy be taught without partisanship? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each state policy be a separate entry?
  • How should international relations scholarship be linked?
  • How should doctrines be attributed?
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