The military-industrial complex predicts that close relationships between __________ the military, and __________ will encourage spending on weapons systems regardless of strategic or military effectiveness.
A) the president, lobbyists
B) protesters, the media
C) defense contractors, Congress
D) the state department, intelligence agencies
The backing of opposite sides in the Laotian civil war in 1960 by the CIA and the U.S. State Department is an example of __________.
A) interest groups
B) the military-industrial complex
C) interagency tension
D) diversionary foreign policy
The study of foreign policy in various states in order to discover whether similar types of governments have similar types of policies is known as __________.
A) foreign policy studies
B) the foreign policy process
C) comparative foreign policy
D) governmental policy studies
Which of the following characteristics of a state do comparative foreign policy analysts consider?
A) Bureaucratic rivalries
B) Location
C) Wealth
D) Technical abilities
Diplomats __________.
A) are career civil servants, not political appointees
B) work in embassies and consulates abroad
C) provide information that goes into making foreign policies but do not carry out those policies
D) are employed by the defense ministry or department
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