The Role of Foreign Policy

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Foreign policy analysis is a study of the management of external relations and activities at nation-states as distinguished from their domestic policies. Foreign policy involves goals, strategies, measures, methods guidelines, directives, understandings agreements and so on by which national governments conducts international relations with each other and with international organizations and non governmental actors. All national governments by the very fact of their separate international existence, are obligated to engage in foreign policy directed at foreign governments and other international actor. Governments want to influence the goals and activities at other actor whom they cannot completely control because they exist and operate by end their sovereignty. Foreign policies consist of aims and measures that are intended to guide government, decisions and actions with regard to external affairs, particularly relations with foreign countries managing foreign relations calls for carefully considered plans of action that are adapted to foreign interests and concerns i.e goals at the government. Government officials in leading positions include presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers defense ministers finance ministers and so along with their closest advisers are usually the key policymakers. Policy makers involves a means end way at thinking about goals and actions at government. It is an instrumental concept for example the Kenyan government and many African countries who are suffering from international terrorism need to set strategic way of overcoming the fight against international terrorism, since it is an international phenomenon, hence co-operations among states is vital, therefore they need to ask themselves a fundamental question which is; What is the problem or goal and what solution or approaches are available to address
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