From Meritocracy to Diplomacy: How Elite Selection Systems Shape Foreign Policy Capacity

Assoc. Prof. Yeşim SIRAKAYA St. Clements University – UK A country’s consistency in foreign policy is usually attributed to strategic documents, doctrines, or the personal vision of its leaders. Yet one layer tends to go unnoticed: how the human capital that interprets that strategy day to day, sits at the negotiating table, and makes decisions […]