| ID | 082746 |
| Title Proper | Whisper in the leader's ear: |
| Other Title Information | How do foreign policy advisers perform their job? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Honig ,Arthur |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This study seeks to identify the factors that determine advisers' choice of tools and assess their influence under different circumstances. It uses historical process tracing methods to examine the `battle' between President Truman's foreign policy advisers over the formulation of US policy towards the Palestine question. It finds that: (1) advisers' self-perception determines the degree of their flexibility in the choice of tools; (2) the distribution of formal powers, the personalities involved and the type of policy question determine the intensity of the advisory battle; (3) non-expert advisers can win the advisory battle by using psychological tools of persuasion but only under certain specific conditions, which existed in this case; and finally that (4) an adviser's influence will be limited by the extent to which the leader is willing and able to independently form an opinion on the policy question |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations Vol. 22,No. 2; Jun 2008: p221-241 |
| Journal Source | International Relations Vol. 22,No. 2; Jun 2008: p221-241 |
| Key Words | Arab-Israeli Conflict ; Bureaucratic Politics ; Decision-Making ; Jewish Lobby ; Political Ppsychology ; Rational |