Rethinking foreign policy analysis : states, leaders, and the microfoundations of behavioral international relations / edited by Stephen G. Walker, Akan Malici, and Mark Schafer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [290]-317) and index.

1. Foreign Policy Analysis and Behavioral International Relations / Stephen G. Walker -- 2. Macropolitics and Foreign Policy Decisions: The Billiard Ball Model of IR / Stephen G. Walker -- 3. Micropolitics and Foreign Policy Decisions: The Behavioral Model of IR / Stephen G. Walker -- 4. Quantum Politics and Operational Code Analysis: Theories and Methods / Stephen G. Walker -- 5. The United States and Rogue Leaders: Understanding the Conflicts / Akan Malici -- 6. Deceptive Bargaining and Nuclear Ambitions: Prospect Theory and North Korea{u2019}s Decision to Go Nuclear / Kai He and Huiyun Feng -- 7. Small Group Dynamics: The Psychological Characteristics of Leaders and the Quality of Group Decision Making / Mark Schafer, Jonathon Nunley, and Scott Crichlow -- 8. Alliances and Their Microfoundations: France and Britain in the 9/11 Era / Akan Malici -- 9. Learning to Resist or Resisting to Learn? The Operational Codes of Fidel Castro and Kim Il Sung / Akan Malici -- 10. Stability and Change in Belief Systems: The Operational Code of George W. Bush from Governor to Second Term President / Jonathan Renshon --11. Experiential Learning by U.S. Presidents: Domestic, International, and Psychological Influences in the Post-Cold War World / Samuel Robison -- 12. Cognitive Responses by U.S. Presidents to Foreign Policy Crises: Belief Changes in Response to Positive and Negative Experiences / B. Gregory Marfleet and Hannah Simpson --13. Dueling with Dictators: Explaining the Strategic Interaction Patterns of U.S. Presidents and Rogue Leaders / Stephen G. Walker and Mark Schafer -- 14. Binary Role Theory: Reducing Uncertainty and Managing Complexity in Foreign Policy Analysis / Stephen G. Walker -- 15. The Integration of Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations / Stephen G. Walker-- Appendix. Formal Models of Symbolic and Strategic Interaction / Stephen G. Walker.