Prof. Dr. Sherzad Ahmed Ameen Al-Najjar*                       Sartip Khalis Husien**

* Department of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Political Science and Management, Soran University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

** Department of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Political Science and Management, Soran University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region-Iraq): [email protected]

 

Keywords: Richard Snyder, decision making process, foreign policy analysis, international politics, individual, group based dynamic.

 

https://doi.org/10.31271/jopss.10069

 

Abstract

This paper focuses on the foreign policy analysis (FPA) and the decision–making approach of Richard Snyder, particularly as one of the classical approaches for analyzing the decision-making process in foreign policy (FP) of the world’s governments. The purpose of this research is to investigate Snyder’s contribution to foreign policy analysis. In addition, the qualitative method is employed to collect the desired data. The result demonstrates that the foreign policy decision-making (FPDM) is one of the traditional approaches which emphasizes individual and group based dynamic as it is disclosed by Snyder and his colleagues. Similarly, it is one of the most significant academic ways to analyzing states foreign policy in international politics (IP) and can still be used to analyze countries’ FP. Also, this approach as a theoretical framework is one of the fundamental FPAs that is regarded as a subfield of international relations (IR) and it evaluates the effect factors of the state FP.

 

 

پوختەی توێژینە

رێبازی ڕیچارد سنایدەر بۆ شیکردنەوەی پرۆسەی دروستکردنى بڕیار لە سیاسەتی دەرەوەدا

ئەم پەیپەرە تیشک دەخاتە سەر شیکردنەوەی سیاسەتی دەرەوە و رێبازی دروستکردنی بڕیاری ریچارد سنایدەر بە تایبەتی وەک یەکێک لە رێبازە کلاسیکەکان بۆ شیکردنەوەی پڕۆسەی دروستکردنی بڕیار لە سیاسەتی دەرەوەی وڵاتانی جیهان. ئامانجی ئەم لێکۆڵینەوەیە بریتییە لە بەشداریکردنی سنایدەر لە شیکردنەوەی سیاسەتی دەرەوە. سەرەڕای ئەوەش، میتۆدی چۆنایەتی بەکاردەهێنرێت بۆ کۆکردنەوەی زانیارییەکان. ئەنجامی توێژینەوەکە نیشان دەدات کە دروستکردنی بڕیار لە سیاسەتی دەرەوە یەکێکە لە رێبازە تەقلیدیەکان کە جەخت لەسەر بنەمای داینامیکی تاکەکەس و گروپ دەکاتەوە هەر وەکو لە لایەن سنایدەر و هاوکارەکانی هاتە ئاراوە.  بە هەمان شێوە، ئەم رێبازە یەکێکە لە گرنگترین رێبازە ئەکادیمییەکان بۆ شیکردنەوەی سیاسەتی دەرەوەی وڵاتان لە سیاسەتی نێودەوڵەتیدا. هەروەها ئەم رێبازە تاوەکو ئێستا دەتوانرێت بەکاربهێنرێت بۆ شیکردنەوەی سیاسەتی دەرەوەی وڵاتان. هەروەها ئەم رێبازە وەک چوارچێوەیەکی تیۆری یەکێکە لە بنەما بنەڕەتییەکانی شیکاری سیاسەتی دەرەوە کە وەک لقێکی پەیوەندیە نێودەوڵەتییەکان دادەنرێت و فاکتەرە کاریگەرییەکانی سەر سیاسەتی دەرەوەی دەوڵەت هەڵدەسەنگێنێت.

ملخص البحث

منهج ريتشارد سنايدر لتحليل عملية صنع القرار في السياسة الخارجية

  ٳن ورقة البحث هذه تسلط الضوء علی تحليل السياسة الخارجية و منهج صنع القرار لريجارد سنايدر، كٲحدى المذاهب الكلاسيكية لتحليل عملية صنع القرار في السياسة الخارجية للدول. حيث إن الهدف من هذه الدراسة یکمن في البحث في مساهمة سنایدر في تحليل السياسة الخارجیة؛ إضافة إلى استخدام الاسلوب النوعي في جمع البيانات المطلوبة، و تظهر النتيجة ان صنع القرار في السياسة الخارجية هو من ٲحد المذاهب التقليدية التي تؤكد علی الديناميكية القائمة على الفرد و الجماعة، كالذي نشٲ عند سنايدر و اصحابه. و بالمثل ٳن هذا المذهب هو ٲحد ٲهم المذاهب الٲكاديمية لتحليل السياسة الخارجية للدول في السياسة الدولية، كما و ٲن هذا المذهب لا يزال بالإمكان استخدامه لتحليل السياسة الخارجية للدول، حيث ان هذا المذهب كإطار نظري يعد أحدى المبادئ الأساسية لتحليل السياسة الخارجية، و الذي يعتبر فرعًا من العلاقات الدولية و يقيم العوامل المؤثرة في السياسة الخارجية للدولة.

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