What are the basic determinants of a foreign policy?

Answer 1

The basic determinants of a foreign policy are

2) Size/Geography

3) Economic Development

4) Security

5) Advancement in Technology

4) National Capacity

5) Political Parties/Leadership

6) Ideology

7) National Interest

8) Role of Press/Bureacracy

9) Social Structure

10) Public Opinion

11) Diplomacy.

Also external factors like International Power Structure, International Organizations, World Public Opinion and reaction of other states also feature in determining the foreign policy

Answer 2

Trade, risk to a nation's assets and/or citizens (domestic and overseas), risk to a nation and or its allies as a whole. Also, if you're talking about the US, a seeming high degree of irrationality and a suspicious amount of personal gain to those determining the policy (i.e. shareholders in military industries).

Answer 3

There are many factors that truly contributes to the shaping of the foreign policy of a country.but all these factors can be divided into two classes.one is domestic factors and another is external factors.in domestic factors we can have factors of domestic importance like energy,agriculture,industrial importance,resources etc.for example India's growing economy demands huge energy for growth.it will mean that our foreign policy should be shaped such that our energy demands must be fulfilled with the help of other countries.in this regard India should make friendly relations with the countries having rich energy resources and try to help those countries in by investing in these countries in oil ,gas etc. sector.so our domestic demands will direct our foreign policy.in the same way what happens at the international level does affect all the countries in some way..directly or indirectly.so we have to see that particuler event does not harm our national interests.in this way one would have to take a particuler stand and take action according to that.for example India remained non-aligned after it's freedom so that it would not remain dependent on a particuler country for it's development, and that helped India as Russia ,America an other countries all helped it some way or the other.

Answer 4

There is no offical end-all answer to this question. A country's foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. The veriables that dictate foreign policy are dictated by the national interests of the each individual country. Many things can dictate those policies. For example:

War

Economy

Civil Rights

National Disasters

Answer 5

That depends on the country in question. Different countries have different political, economic, and geostrategic interests and these are held relative to the area they inhabit, the local major actors, institutions they are part of, and history they have acted in.

Answer 6

The basic determinants of a foreign policy include national interests, threat perceptions, economic considerations, geopolitical factors, domestic politics, and historical relationships with other countries. Countries shape their foreign policy to protect their security, advance their economic interests, promote their values, and enhance their global influence.