Problem 1. How do the various actors within a government bureaucracy - such as the military, intelligence agencies, and diplomatic corps - influence foreign policy decision-making according to the bureaucratic political model?
Problem 2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the bureaucratic political model as an approach to foreign policy analysis, and how does it compare to other alternative approaches?
Problem 3. How did bureaucratic consensus-seeking and bureaucratic confrontation shape US policy towards Vietnam during the 1960s?