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  Psychological tools are often used in the assessment of decision making and policy paradigm of politicians, diplomats and other key decision-makers in the government. So, the political psychology in its essence studies the foundations, dynamics, and outcomes of political behavior using cognitive and social explanations. This discipline engages in the understanding of why political leaders think and behave in a certain manner and the consequences that they unleash in international affairs. Role of Ideology and its implications on decision making: To understand the psychological role, we need to delve into the impact of ideologies and beliefs that nudge the decision making in the international affairs. Ideologies are large, sprawling and complex set of assumptions. People can believe in parts of them while rejecting their other parts. An ideology is a perceptive or theory that aims to improve society or so claims its adherents. Usually ideologies end in “isms”, such as liberali...

After the end of the Second World War, which was formidably won by the Allied powers led by the USA, a new world order was created. This led to the rise of the superpowers USSR and the USA. As the world entered the cold war era, an international arms race picked up at a rocketing pace, where the superpowers of the world developed and acquired the latest weapons, with cutting edge technology. The USA being a hegemonic power in the western democratic world became a leader in military R&D and technology. With this, the national security strategy of the Americans gained new and ambitious dimensions. In 1947 President Henry Truman came up with foreign policy and national security objectives and articulated them extensively in the US congress. It later came to be known as Truman’s doctrine. The key elements of the doctrine were * Active opposition to the Soviet Union worldwide. *The USA had a much bigger and stronger role than Franklin D Roosevelt had ever imagined. * Permanent global US...