The subfield of civil–military relations has experienced a remarkable revitalization in recent
years, yielding a wealth of intriguing insights. Yet, despite these auspicious developments …

Writing this book has been a wonderful intellectual journey. It began when Dustin arrived at
Princeton University as a graduate student in the fall of 2005. Originally, our focus was on …

It is customary to argue that foreign policy is very much dominated by the executive, with
parliaments wielding limited influence. However, with the exception of the US Congress …

For almost four decades, the editors of Congress Reconsidered, Lawrence C. Dodd and
Bruce I. Oppenheimer have delivered the best contemporary work from leading …

Polarization in the USA has been on the rise for several decades. In this context, few
observers expect politics today to stop “at the water's edge,” as the old cliché goes. But key …

Severe party conflict, not a high-minded suspension of politics, now prevails “at the water's
edge.” Democrats and Republicans fight pitched battles over foreign affairs. But are the two …

To what extent are US elected officials polarized on foreign policy? And how do patterns of
polarization and bipartisanship differ across policy areas? Using an original data set of …

“It is the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority,”
wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. The balance of power between …

The formal institutional constraints that Congress and the courts impose on presidential
unilateral action are feeble. As a result, recent scholarship suggests that public opinion may …

Given the US president's leading role in many areas of American foreign policy, one might
expect the president to prevail in executive-legislative clashes over economic sanctions. In …