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| Beliefs that another state is inherently threatening of immoral |
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| Idea that individuals make decisions through a process that includes clarification and weighing of goals. |
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| The attitudes people have regarding their states goals and policies |
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| The people who attend to and are knowledgeable about foreign policy issues and international politics |
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| The underlying beliefs that the public holds and uses to judge foreign policy |
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| Rally-round-the-flag effect |
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| An increase in a leader's popularity following the use of force |
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| The negative relationship between high levels of troop casualties and public support for the war |
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| Military Industrial Complex |
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| Networks that work together to promote military spending and other policies from which they benefit |
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| A freeing up of government revenue to be spent on other programs or returned to tax payers rather than spending it on military |
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| to divert attention away from internal conflict by initiating foreign conflict |
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| pressure on leaders to look at domestic and international problems |
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| the final step necessary for a state to approve international agreement |
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| The beliefs of political leaders about the nature of the political universe and the means for dealing with others in politics |
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| a set of beliefs of perceptions that leaders have about another country regarding its capabilities and culture |
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| Assumptions that states are monolithic, with no division, or opinion differences with government or larger society |
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| Beliefs that a current situation or leader is very similar to something or someone from the past |
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| Cognitive Consistency Theories |
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| Psychology theories that suggest humans seek out and attend to information that is consistent with their own beliefs |
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| The mission of each bureaucratic agency which may influence how it views the world and foreign policies it prefers |
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| Standard Operating Procedures |
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| Prearranged responses or routines used frequently by bureaucracies |
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| excessive concurrence seeking that can occur in small, highly cohesive groups |
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