Kaplan, Morton A.,

Intellectuals and Foreign Policy. Morton A. Kaplan. - World & I, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 28, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Intellectuals and Foreign Policy, Feb. 2004; pp. 280-301.

"The controversy over the influence of Paul Wolfowitz on Iraq policy raises anew the issue of the influence of intellectuals on policy....Intellectuals generally suffer from arrogance, a belief that they are wiser than others, or that they possess a core of knowledge not available to outsiders." (WORLD & I) The author opines that the public should be wary of the intellectual as a policymaker and discusses several instances in which he feels that intellectuals have influenced foreign policy negatively.

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Decision making
Intellectuals
Policy sciences
Undue influence


United States--Foreign relations

AC1.S5

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