A Country's Actions and The Most Important Factor From A Domestic Perspective In analyzing and evaluating a country's actions in tense international situations, what is the most important factor (or set of factors) to evaluate from the domestic perspective? Foreign policy decision making is very complex in the American government. There are three models that the United States uses in making decisions regarding foreign policy. These three models were first used during President Kennedy's administration in 1962 with the Cuban Missile Crisis. The first model is known as the rational decision making mo