The Beliefs of the Blob

Q3 Social Sciences

Orbis Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.orbis.2022.12.006

Christopher J. Fettweis

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Abstract

The conventional wisdom of US foreign policy has at its core a set of widely held yet underexamined beliefs. Together, these notions constitute the essence of what has become tendentiously known as “the blob,” or the official mind of US national security. Debates and analyses can proceed more productively if foreign policy beliefs, rather than the people who hold them, are moved to the center of analysis. The blob is a mindset, not a group of individuals—one that is based on a few basic assumptions about the world and the United States’ place in it. This article describes what those beliefs are and how they influence US foreign policy.

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斑点的信念

美国外交政策的传统智慧的核心是一套被广泛持有但未经充分审查的信念。这些概念共同构成了被倾向性地称为“斑点”的本质，即美国国家安全的官方思想。如果外交政策信念，而不是持有这些信念的人，被转移到分析的中心，辩论和分析可以更有效地进行。blob是一种心态，而不是一群人——一种基于对世界和美国在其中地位的一些基本假设的心态。本文描述了这些信念是什么，以及它们如何影响美国外交政策。

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Orbis SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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1.10

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0.00%

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审稿时长

37 days

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