| Description |
ix, 142 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Individual power and issue leaders -- Institutional overlap and issue clusters -- Three Turkish frigates -- Pakistan, proliferation, and the Brown Amendment -- Chemical Weapons Convention -- The way ahead |
| Summary |
"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 make 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." |
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"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 1995-97 battle over the Chemical Weapons Convention. The book also illuminates the role of 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, conflicts, and issue loyalties that affect the development of U.S. foreign policy."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-134) and index |
| Subject |
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties.
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Executive power -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations administration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006414 -- Decision making.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005493
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United States -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 -- 1993- -- Decision making
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| Author |
Brookings Institution.
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| LC no. |
00008811 |
| ISBN |
0815735650 |
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