Submitted by christian on Thu, 11/30/2017 - 15:56
The Oxford English Dictionary defines competence as "the ability to do something successfully or efficiently." In foreign policy, competence depends on a sufficient knowledge about the state of the world and the key forces that drive world politics so that one can make well-informed and intelligent policy choices. It also means having the organizational skills, discipline and judgment to pick the right subordinates and get them to combine the different elements of national power in pursuit of well-chosen goals.
