POLI 363 US Foreign Policy

Spring 2024

Simulation Day Two

We ended last class with the second round of meetings of departments and agencies. You were working on the aftermath of the interagency meetings. Everyone was getting a sense of how much consensus there is between agencies.

Can your agency develop answers to the key questions? Can you make some lists?

1. What are the likely Chinese actions?

2. List them in order of their likelihood.

3. What are US options for each one of these potential Chinese actions?

Underneath those substantive questions is a set of questions you may have to deal with. Within your agency:

· What have you agreed on?

· Where are there disagreements?

· Where can you compromise?

· Where will you not compromise?

· Things you don’t know?

Of course, you want to be aware of the interagency aspect:

· Where is there consensus with other agencies?

· Where is there disagreement with other agencies?

Session Two

Schedule

11-11:10: Department/Agency meetings to refresh our memories and finish up the discussion from Day One.

· Try to work on your department/agency answers to 1, 2, and 3 above.

11:10-11:30: Interagency meetings

· Here you’ll begin to iron out all the agreements and disagreements.

· Chairs of Committees should begin making a list of what has been settled (agreed) and what is left unsettled (disagreements)

11:30--12:15: NSC Meeting

· Meet with the president

· The goal is to make recommendations on 1, 2, and 3 above

· Are we ready to write a Presidential Directive?

· PC members will sit in an inner circle. Members of their Department/Agencies will sit near them

· The president will preside, but will mostly be asking questions

At all sessions, everyone should take notes. You’re making decisions; they need to be recorded.