Sorcerers and Sorcery in U.S. National Security Policy

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Brief Overview

This paper theorizes an important and previously overlooked source of error in foreign policy: The use of expert analysts to magically "banish" uncertainty, in order make inherently uncertain threats seem more cognitively manageable to policymakers.

Author

• Christopher W. Ray, The Ohio State University