Foreign Policy Analysis research documents that foreign policy decisions have internal and external influences. In the Global South (GS), interests and identities are transnational in nature. The acceptability heuristic from poliheuristic (PH) theory is the jumping-off point for exploring this idea. Leaders reject policy choices that risk political loss. Key concepts from GS scholarship offer insight into the unrecognized transnational nature of two of PH theory's acceptability considerations, regime survival, and legitimacy. Leaders judge how a policy protects regime survival and legitimacy based on ideas about threats and constituents. Foreign policy paths are understood by investigating the transnational strategies they use to address regime security and legitimacy concerns. The strategy concept developed in previous work is applied to Museveni's Uganda. We see GS leaders evaluate but also create acceptability by engaging in intermestic policy driven by these transnational concerns. They also manipulate more powerful states, increasing their significance beyond expectations.

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全球南方领导人和外交政策：决策背景下的可接受性约束和跨国考虑

外交政策分析研究表明，外交政策决策具有内部和外部影响。在全球南方（GS），利益和身份具有跨国性质。来自多启发式 (PH) 理论的可接受性启发式是探索这一想法的起点。领导人拒绝冒政治损失风险的政策选择。GS 奖学金的关键概念提供了对 PH 理论的两个可接受性考虑、政权生存和合法性的未被承认的跨国性质的洞察。领导人根据有关威胁和选民的想法来判断一项政策如何保护政权的生存和合法性。通过调查他们用来解决政权安全和合法性问题的跨国战略来理解外交政策路径。先前工作中开发的战略概念适用于穆塞韦尼的乌干达。我们看到 GS 领导人通过参与由这些跨国问题驱动的国际政策来评估但也创造可接受性。他们还操纵更强大的国家，使其重要性超出预期。