The craft of political analysis for diplomats / Raymond F. Smith.
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TextSeries: ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ; v. 48.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781597977302
- 1597977306
- 353.1/3270973 22
- JZ1305 .S62 2011eb
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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.
Author Raymond F. Smith combines a practitioner's personal view of what is required to do good diplomatic political analysis with his understanding of the social conflict and change that informed his work for the State Department. -- From publisher's description.
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