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The Principal Approaches and Their Applicability The Principal Approaches and Their Applicability
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The State-Centric Power Approach The State-Centric Power Approach
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The Psychological-Idiosyncratic Approach The Psychological-Idiosyncratic Approach
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The Framework for Analysis The Framework for Analysis
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Foreign Policy as a Role Foreign Policy as a Role
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Domestic Environment Domestic Environment
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Geography Geography
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Population and Social Structure Population and Social Structure
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Economic Capability Economic Capability
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Military Capability Military Capability
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Political Structure Political Structure
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Foreign Policy Orientation Foreign Policy Orientation
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The Decision-making Process The Decision-making Process
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Foreign Policy Behavior Foreign Policy Behavior
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Notes Notes
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2 Foreign Policy Approaches and Arab Countries: A Critical Evaluation and an Alternative Framework
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Published:July 2010
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Abstract
This chapter is conceptual and deals with various approaches to the study of the foreign policies of Arab countries as part of the global south. It presents the framework of analysis to be applied in the nine case studies, which does not seek to force countries into rigid slots, but rather adapts the slots to individual cases and their specificities. This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is devoted to the critical evaluation of two major influential approaches in the analysis of foreign policy generally: at the two ends of the macro–micro spectrum, the traditional realist power school, and the (behavioralist/scientific) psychological-idiosyncratic school. The former has been amply commented on in the literature, whereas the latter, perhaps because of its recent formulation and the aura of science that surrounds it, is still very much accepted as relevant mainly to the context of countries of the global south.
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