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This paper is solely based on a theory driven literature review on learning theory. In the discipline of Foreign Policy Analysis, the concept of learning as well as argument of learning theory is highly contentious among scholars and as a result, learning theory in Foreign Policy Analysis is regarded as a conceptual minefield or a theoretical maze. This is the reason why this paper tries to compare and summarise contending discussion on learning theory developed in Foreign Policy Analysis. This paper, first of all, explains the background of the emergence of Foreign Policy Analysis and then various scholars' contentious argument are compared and summarised. And, after reviewing limits and problems of using learning theory, this paper finishes with a brief summary and author's future research topics by which actual applications of learning theory towards foreign policy issues will be pursued.