Question

"Cuban Missile Crisis"
· Rational Actor Model (RAM or Model 1)
· Organizational Behavior Model (Model 2)
· Governmental Politics Model (Model 3)
According to the following analytical models, Question:which model is mostly and widely used during the Cuba Missile crisis ?

Question 2

Briefly explain Allison's three Models of Foreign Policy Analysis
· Rational Actor Model (RAM or Model 1)
· Organizational Behavior Model (Model 2)
· Governmental Politics Model (Model 3)

Answer 1

RATIONAL ANALYSIS

  The National government is a unitary actor . so there no dispetion of interests underneath it. its just a Solitary Actor. you can think of it as a person essentially A singke Solitary Actor. there is no room for biases or mis understanding or lack of information, this is a rational decision Maker. And each Action you observe then it is a part of strategic objective According to some plan to Accomplish the goal. And this has been the default way of analyzing governmental behavior .

This model explains an outcone as the optimal response for the organization as a whole, to a specific set of conditions and objectives . very rational and this has been the traditional way of thinking about it.

ORGANIZATIONLAL PROCESS:

This model explains an outcome as the result of systemic pressure and routined behaviour. the key to applying this to think of an outcome as being the by product of activities and imperatives not specifically intended to produce that outcome.

BUROCRATIC POLITICS

this model explains outcomes as a produce of the Accumulated preferences and strategies of people or sub organizations.

in tbis model policy is the outcome of bargaining games

1. ratioanl model has been used widely