Democracy requires that citizens' opinions play some role in sha** policy outcomes,
including in foreign policy. Yet, although the literature on public opinion and foreign policy …

When engaging with other countries, the US government has a number of different policy
instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military …

Nearly five hundred times in the past century, American presidents have deployed the
nation's military abroad, on missions ranging from embassy evacuations to full-scale wars …

War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

An enduring and controversial debate centers on whether there exist “two presidencies,” that
is, whether presidents exercise fundamentally greater influence over foreign than domestic …

Party in the Street explores the interaction between political parties and social movements in
the United States. Examining the collapse of the post-9/11 antiwar movement against the …

Since the Second World War, preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) have become
increasingly pervasive features of the international economic system. A great deal of …

In 1944, Missouri senator Harry S Truman, who four years earlier had cast little shadow on
the American political stage, joined Franklin Roosevelt atop the Democratic ticket as the vice …

To advance their policy agenda, presidents have two options. They can submit proposals to
Congress and hope that its members faithfully shepherd bills into laws; or they can exercise …

According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, ie
party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common …