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• catalog abstract "Annotation 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.".
• catalog contributor b11722124.
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1993-2001 Decision making.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations administration.".
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description "Annotation".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "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. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-134) and index.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "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. ".
• catalog extent "ix, 142 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0815735650".
• catalog identifier "0815735669".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1993-2001 Decision making.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations administration.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "353.1/3/0973 21".
• catalog subject "Executive power United States.".
• catalog subject "JZ1480 .H47 2000".
• catalog subject "United States. Congress Powers and duties.".
• catalog tableOfContents "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.".
• catalog title "Friends and foes : how Congress and the president really make foreign policy / Rebecca K.C. Hersman.".
• catalog type "text".