THE BELIEF SYSTEM AS A COGNITIVE MAP IN THE STUDY OF FOREIGN POLICY

Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant Professor; Regional Studies, Faculty Law & Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of the belief system in foreign policy. The belief system entered the field of foreign policy and international relations using the achievements of psychology in the 1960s. The link between psychology and foreign policy led to the most important feature of the belief system, the coherence of beliefs or cognitive consistency. The assumption of cognitive consistency theory is that human beings understand the world by relying on their key beliefs and are trying to maintain the coherence of their beliefs. Moreover, this key issue has made the review of the belief system of foreign policy decision makers one of the priorities of research, especially at the micro level of foreign policy decision making. So, the question by what mechanism or methodological mechanisms could explain the system of beliefs and opinions of foreign policy decision makers. It seems that the belief system can be considered as a cognitive map based on three layers of beliefs, including worldviews, ideologies, and foreign policy doctrines.  

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