The National Security Act was created in order to
a. increase Congress's role in the foreign policy process.
b. force the president to be more responsive to formal lines of authority in the foreign policy bureaucracy, especially within the military.
c. allow the president to avoid formal channels of communication.
d. allow the president to develop ad hoc managerial styles.
Capability and influence only become meaningful
a. when nations have the courage to use force.
b. when compared with the capabilities and influence of others.
c. when nations have resources and technology to advance their interests.
d. when nations have strong allies.
Which of the following has been a general pattern of the foreign policy process in the bureaucracy since World War II?
a. Presidents have increasingly relied on a State Department-centered system.
b. The policymaking process has become more decentralized over time.
c. The level of participation in the process tends to narrow and close over time.
d. All of the above are true.
In the global system, technology
a. can overcome obstacles and limitations imposed on states by the natural resources available to them.
b. that exists in the system at any time is an important constraint on what is possible.
c. can expand a menu limited by earth's resources.
d. All of the above are true.
In a(n) __________ system of managing foreign policy, the president relies on the National Security Advisor and NSC staff rather than the State Department and Department of Defense bureaucracies.
a. Cabinet government c. White Housecentered
b. State departmentcentered d. Agency government
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