The presidency: Where foreign policy and domestic politics collide
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- Introduction.
- Events in American history that brought the people together to 'rally round the flag'.
- The international stage.
- The terrorist attacks and President Bush's capitalization on the situaltion.
- Using moral dichotomies.
- Conclusion.
Abstract
Political scientists have long sought to discover where the foreign and the domestic spheres of the presidency connect. Presidents, it is assumed, must balance military needs with political needs, whether those political needs entail gaining domestic support for the president's agenda or maintaining a cohesive foreign coalition. For years, international relations theorists have argued over this: how important is domestic mood and foreign alliances in a president's foreign policy decisions? Realists argue that political needs do not matter when the nation acts on the international stage. They contend that the nation acts as one, unitary actor and all the political infighting and bargaining does not matter when a leader acts in his nation's interest. Liberals, or pluralists, take the opposite position, arguing political needs are not only a part of the scheme, but are central to what a president does. They seek to break down both the decision-making process and the formation of alliances in order to study the political effects of their contributions to military decisions.
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