Pioneered
by R.C Synder and his associates in the
1950s the model suggests that
international events is a function of the wishes and demands of states men and
not states, through decisions made, whether rational or irrational and their
impact on the international environment it also assume that the decisions of
this group are products of conscious
efforts based on adequate knowledge and
guided by skill and training(available alternative – the seeming best with less losses and high
probability of better successes ).
Moreover,
the growing personalization of political power in most past colonial
states means that the motivation and
personality of the key leadership groups
are important domestic determinants of foreign policy. This could be deduced from case
histories and biographical material and from speeches, statements and remark made by
officials and group such as political
parties, interest and pressure
groups, and the mass media.