Graham Allison's conceptual models and the cuban missile crisis

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Graham Allison's conceptual models and the cuban missile crisis

• what is the overall purpose of Allison’s article?

• what are the 3 foreign policy models?

• what are the basic units of analysis for each model?

• how does the rational policy model (RPM) seek to answer the question of why did the Soviet Union install nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• what are the explanations that the RPM provide for why the Soviets installed the missiles in Cuba?

• what are some of the explanations that the RPM offer for why the Soviet Nuclear forces lag in long range bombers and ICBMS?

• what are some of the weaknesses of the RPM?

Allison’s conceptual models and the cuban missile crisis

• how does the organizational process model (OPM) seek to answer the question of why did the Soviet Union install nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• How does the OPM illustrate the constraints on policy choices that decision-makers face?

• why is “uncertainty avoidance” an important restraint on policy options?

• why does Allison view the OPN as a better explanation for Soviet Nuclear Force Posture regarding bombers and ICBMs than RPM?

• how does the phrase “where you stand depends on where you sit” illustrate the OPM regarding “desirable outcomes?”

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• how does the Bureaucratic politics model (BPM) explain policy?

• how does the BPM challenge the notion of government as a unitary rational actor making decisions in a value-maximizing fashion?

• what are the strengths of the OPM and the BPM approaches in explaining the decision making process?

• what are the weaknesses of these approaches?

who is Allison and what is the cuban Missile crisis?