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The neoclassical realist approach considers systemic stimuli (independent), and Г©litesВ’ perceptions and capacities (intervening) as the variables of an explanatory model of foreign policy outcomes (dependent variable). Starting from the central assumptions of Ethology and Classical Г‰lites Theory, with the view to delimitate Г©lites as the foreign policy executive, or the geopolitical agent, this paper aims to reinforce the importance of the intervening variables Г©litesВ’ perceptions and capacities in shaping t...