Political Science Quarterly: Fall 1978: Planning Foreign Policy: Can it Be Done?

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Volume 93 - Number 3 - Fall 1978

pp. 369-391

Planning Foreign Policy: Can it Be Done?
LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD reviews the experience of policy planning staffs in the United States State Department and in foreign governments and sharply questions their effectiveness. Bloomfield concludes with suggestions for how to improve the incorporation of long-range thinking into foreign policy making.

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