Models of the Foreign Policy Process

Simple Stimulus-Response
Input Output

STATE

Rational Actor Model (RAM)

STATE

National Interests
Input

Leader
National Power

Output

Organizational Process Model

STATE Outputs Org1 Input Org2

GOV
Org3 Org4

Bureaucratic Politics Model

STATE

B1 Input B4 B2

B6 Output B3 B5

GOV

Pluralistic Bargaining Model

FI DI Input B4 B2 DI GOV DI FI B5 B3 DI STATE B1 B6 FI DI Output

FI