State Level Analysis
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INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL ANALYSIS
INDIVIDUALS AS MAKERS AND MOVERS OF WORLD HISTORY: IT IS SOMETIMES BELIEVED THAT INDIVIDUALS AS HEROES MAKE AND MOVE WORLD HISTORY; GAUTAM BUDDHA, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, JESUS CHRIST, CHENGIS KHAN, HAZRAT MUHAMMAD, NAPOLEON, V. I. LENIN, MAHATMA GANDHI, MAO TZE TUNG BEING THE PRIME EXAMPLES IN WORLD HISTORY.
MANY HISTORIANS, ON THE OTHER HAND, DISPUTE THIS VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL ROLE IN WORLD HISTORY.
NEVERTHELESS, INDIVIDUALS HAVE ROLE IN HISTORY.
LIKEWISE, INDIVIDULAS HAVE ROLE IN FOREIGN POLICY EITHER RATIONALLY OR IRRATIONALLY.
WHAT IS INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ANALYSIS?
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ANALYSIS IS ONE WHICH SEEKS TO SHOW HOW FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE FOREIGN POLICY-MAKING.
FOREIGN POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING: A VAST AREA TO EXPLORE.
WE SHALL DEAL WITH COGNITIVE, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN DECISION-MAKING...