A Hierarchy of Foreign Policy Objectives

Long-range
Long-range Goals Goals

new order world order

Distant-lower

international peace
Time and Priorities

and security

Middle-range
Middle-range Goals Goals

create, sustain international institutions, prestige, promote

regional domination, expansion, develop values abroad (human
economic opportunities abroad, weaken right, socialism, etc.)
Immediate-high

opponent(s); support allies, friends

Core Objectives
Core Objectives

Economic welfare, territorial unity, protect, enhance way

reunification, national security, of life, autinomy,
territorial integrity independence

Concrete Abstract
Values