To put it in context, I can think of far more consequential foreign policy decisions made in the 1930s ... and right now. It's a very difficult job and often (

To put it in context, I can think of far more consequential foreign policy decisions made in the 1930s ... and right now. It's a very difficult job and often (usually) the largest influences are not policy analysis or an individual's judgment, but domestic politics in the participating countries. Consider, for example, issues such as climate change and Iran's nuclear program, solutions to both of which are greatly restricted by one political party in the U.S.