Integrating Strategic Culture and the Operational Code in Foreign Policy Analysis

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2022-10-21 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orac032

Joakim Eidenfalk, Fredrik Doeser

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Abstract

This article contributes to theoretical integration in foreign policy analysis, by integrating two explanatory concepts that have mainly been used separately, namely the strategic culture of elites and the operational code of individual decision-makers. The explanatory power of using both concepts is illustrated in a case study of Australian foreign policy regarding the multinational coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The main argument is that strategic culture can provide a reasonable explanation for Australia's overall military engagement in the coalition. However, to explain Australia's approach to the coalition, strategic culture must be complemented with the operational code. The article suggests that the character of strategic culture can influence the opportunities for decision-makers to have an individual impact on foreign policy.

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战略文化与外交政策分析中的操作准则

本文通过整合两个主要分别使用的解释概念，即精英的战略文化和决策者个人的操作准则，为外交政策分析的理论整合做出了贡献。澳大利亚关于打击伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国的多国联盟的外交政策的一个案例研究说明了使用这两个概念的解释力。主要论点是，战略文化可以为澳大利亚在联盟中的整体军事参与提供合理的解释。然而，为了解释澳大利亚对联盟的态度，战略文化必须与行动准则相补充。文章认为，战略文化的特征会影响决策者对外交政策产生个人影响的机会。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.60

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期刊介绍： Reflecting the diverse, comparative and multidisciplinary nature of the field, Foreign Policy Analysis provides an open forum for research publication that enhances the communication of concepts and ideas across theoretical, methodological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. By emphasizing accessibility of content for scholars of all perspectives and approaches in the editorial and review process, Foreign Policy Analysis serves as a source for efforts at theoretical and methodological integration and deepening the conceptual debates throughout this rich and complex academic research tradition. Foreign policy analysis, as a field of study, is characterized by its actor-specific focus. The underlying, often implicit argument is that the source of international politics and change in international politics is human beings, acting individually or in groups. In the simplest terms, foreign policy analysis is the study of the process, effects, causes or outputs of foreign policy decision-making in either a comparative or case-specific manner.