"It isn't going to jump up there like a foreign policy crisis," he said.

The process and results were controversial but illustrate an organizational approach to overcoming a policy crisis.

When serious foreign policy crises occur, the country needs a President with a strong character.

The first foreign policy crisis to confront the Bush administration could come in Colombia.

They're especially unforgiving when they think a foreign policy crisis has been precipitated by presidential incompetence.

Future developments could save him, too - a foreign policy crisis, perhaps, or a major terrorist attack at home.

A12 News analysis: Bosnia looms as a policy crisis this fall.

Foreign policy crises and national security threats are generally times of state-building, but only if government is seen as being effective.

The 2011 Egyptian protests posed the biggest foreign policy crisis for the administration yet.

To them, there's practically no foreign policy crisis that can't be fixed in 5 to 10 years of quiet diplomacy.