TY  - GEN
T1  - Friends and foes : how Congress and the president really make foreign policy
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Hersman, Rebecca K. C.
LA  - English
PP  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm70752199
AB  - Foreign policy in the postcold war era is profoundly complex, and so too are the institutions that share the responsibility to guide and manage America's relations with other countries. Policymakers struggle within porous and fragmented institutions, in which policy is driven more powerfully by clusters of like-minded individuals than by disciplined organizations. The nation's political parties face deep divisions over foreign policy and are unable to forge a coherent vision for the future. Congress is increasingly polarized along ideological lines, while traditional internationalist foreign policy spans a truncated political center. Few aspects of U.S. politics are more contentious or controversial than the respective roles of Congress and the executive branch in formulating foreign policy. In this complex environment, scholars, pundits, and policymakers look to the public and high-profile battles between Congress and the president as a bellwether of the future of U.S. foreign policy. In reality, foreign policy is often shaped, debated, and made out of public view. In Friends and Foes, Rebecca K.C. Hersman shifts the focus away from headline-grabbing events and disagreements to the day-to-day interactions that form the backbone of policymaking. Hersman illustrates the ebb and flow of foreign policy development through many examples and anecdotes. She also includes three in-depth case studies from the mid-1990s: the controversial transfer of three U.S. warships to Turkey; the dispute over relaxing sanctions against Pakistan because of concerns about that nation's nuclear proliferation record, and the 199597 battle over the Chemical Weapons Convention. The book also illuminates the roleof the media in influencing the outcome of foreign policy decisionmaking. Countering the conventional wisdom that a president and a Congress of the same political party are best able to "get things done," Friends and Foes sheds new light on the institutional dynamics, con
OP  - 142
CN  - JZ1480 .H47 2000eb
SN  - 0815798962
SN  - 9780815798965
SN  - 9780815735663
SN  - 0815735669
SN  - 0815735650
SN  - 9780815735656
KW  - United States. : Congress : Powers and duties.
KW  - États-Unis. : Congress : Pouvoirs et fonctions.
KW  - United States. : Congress
KW  - Executive power : United States.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations administration.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : 1993-2001 : Decision making.
KW  - Pouvoir exécutif : États-Unis.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : 1993-2001 : Prise de décision.
KW  - Executive power
KW  - International relations : Administration
KW  - Legislative power
KW  - United States
KW  - 1993 - 2001
ER  -