As one of the three models in studies of foreign policy making, the rational choice model considers the state as a unitary actor and presumes that the state is a rational decision maker.

• 成果内容提要 作为外交决策学三大模式之一 ,理性选择模式认为国家即其决策者 ,并假设决策者和决策的思维过程是理性的。它以古典现实主义为思想基础 ,运用博弈理论分析决策过程和相应后果。