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United States-Republic of China relations: An explanation of ambiguity in U.S. foreign policy and a retrospective evaluation of decision-making models.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	United States-Republic of China relations: An explanation of ambiguity in U.S. foreign policy and a retrospective evaluation of decision-making models./
Author:	Hickey, Dennis Van Vranken.
Description:	351 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1570.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International49-06A.
Subject:	Political Science, International Law and Relations. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8816472

United States-Republic of China relations: An explanation of ambiguity in U.S. foreign policy and a retrospective evaluation of decision-making models.
Hickey, Dennis Van Vranken.

United States-Republic of China relations: An explanation of ambiguity in U.S. foreign policy and a retrospective evaluation of decision-making models. - 351 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1570.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 1988.

Foreign policy decision-making models have been constructed in an effort to explain how and why particular foreign policy decisions are reached. A wide variety of studies have been conducted in an effort to determine the efficacy of the various decision-making models. Although the numerous studies frequently reach different conclusions, most share one common characteristic; they focus upon the processes leading up to and culminating in the adoption of a readily identified policy. The outcome is clear and unambiguous enough to analysts to identify the policy/outcome and to proceed to argue which particular decision-making model offers the best explanation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017399
Political Science, International Law and Relations.

United States-Republic of China relations: An explanation of ambiguity in U.S. foreign policy and a retrospective evaluation of decision-making models.
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520 $a Foreign policy decision-making models have been constructed in an effort to explain how and why particular foreign policy decisions are reached. A wide variety of studies have been conducted in an effort to determine the efficacy of the various decision-making models. Although the numerous studies frequently reach different conclusions, most share one common characteristic; they focus upon the processes leading up to and culminating in the adoption of a readily identified policy. The outcome is clear and unambiguous enough to analysts to identify the policy/outcome and to proceed to argue which particular decision-making model offers the best explanation.
520 $a Not all decision-making processes lead to a concrete and readily identifiable policy, a fact largely overlooked by most decision-making analyses. This study represents an attempt to explain which decision-making model(s) best explains policies which are often aptly characterized as ambiguous. An ambiguous policy may be defined as a policy which is unclear, difficult to identify and susceptible to multiple interpretations. Although one may find a number of such examples, perhaps none can match the degree of ambiguity associated with America's foreign policy toward the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.
520 $a Employing several episodes in US-ROC relations as case studies (US policy toward the international status of Taiwan, the offshore island crisis of 1954, arms sales to Taiwan and the future of Taiwan), this study argues that although all decision-making models may possess some explanatory power, ambiguous policies are best explained by the rational actor model. In short, decision-makers appear to have systematically estimated and considered the expected values of all possible alternatives only ultimately to reach the conclusion that all alternatives are unacceptable and will engender losses rather than maximize gains. As there has been no comprehensive research project seeking to determine which, if any, decision-making model best explains ambiguous foreign policy outcomes, this study represents a first attempt. In this respect, it may contribute to foreign policy decision-making theory as well as to knowledge of United States foreign policy.
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