The craft of political analysis for diplomats / Raymond F. Smith.
Series: Adst-dacor diplomats and diplomacy seriesPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: xii, 159 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781597977296
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Glossary of common State Department terms -- What is political analysis and why is it a craft? -- The objectives of diplomatic political analysis -- The audience -- The competition -- The analyst's personal toolkit -- The analytic tools -- Criteria for superior reporting: the State Department view -- Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (1): early embassy Moscow views -- Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (2): coup against Gorbachev -- The compass and the weather vane -- Technological change, the risk of irrelevance, and the continuing need.
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