Foreign policy change Survey of the most important theoretical approaches

Abstract

Topic of this paper is belonging to literature of the foreign policy field, which deals with one of the central problems in this field is problem of "foreign policy change" (FPC). This paper seeks to examine how to address the different theoretical approaches to the subject of foreign policy change. That in the absence of general and Middle-Range theories of foreign policy change, the interpretation of foreign policy restructuring can be derived from two theoretical sources, the theories of international relations and the models of foreign policy change in foreign policy, which means that the study of foreign policies change requires to use "analytical selectivity" .

However, this paper will seek to highlight only the various theoretical concepts that belong to foreign policy literature. The paper concludes in the end that no single theory can deal with the complexity that it usually faces. Decision makers in foreign policy, because each theoretical approach has its own "blind spots" in that it distinguishes a particular set of problems and gives priority to some variables, while ignoring research in other relevant areas. As a result, selective analysis concludes that Analysis Sufficient for highly complex phenomena, such as foreign policy change, requires interpretive mechanisms and concepts from different theoretical traditions that are consciously integrated into a pragmatic manner.