ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses an implementation framework analysis that is used to discover the extent to which bureaucracy had an impact on delivery of the Russia policy. It establishes the basic unit of analysis, dominant inference patterns and the sources of evidence used. The implementation framework is then used to examine organizational actors including the State Department, US Embassy, United States Information Agency, National Endowment for Democracy and the Eurasia Foundation to reveal how their organizational concepts influenced the way the Russia policy was implemented. The paradigm's general propositions are used to reveal the impact that organizational routines, culture, change, goals and objectives, competition, personnel, and accountability had on the policy. The chapter concludes with an impact assessment of the foreign policy process on the effective implementation and outcomes of that policy, and how this affected the long-term benefit of promoting democracy in Russia.
