Who's Who
His narrow view of the national interest exemplifies the realist perspective.
George Kennan
This view of public opinion says that in the aggregate, public attitudes towards foreign policy are reasonable, pushing for low casualties and costs and high chances of success.
The Rational Public
Unilateralism is the idea that early foreign policy defended but did not define this.
American values
Passed in 1973, it requires the White House to consult with Congress before using force in "every possible instance."
The War Powers Resolution
The poll question "Do you think it will be best for the future of the country if we stay out of world affairs" measures this sentiment.
Isolationism
Representing a liberal perspective, she thinks it's in the US interest to be seen as an "indispensable nation"
Madeleine Albright
NATO
Used to justify Westward expansion into already occupied territory, Polk evoked it when he claimed "We must ever maintain the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny."
Manifest Destiny
When members of both parties vote for legislation the White House doesn't like, it is called this type of bipartisanship.
Anti-Presidential Bipartisanship
Public reactions to newspaper coverage of this conflict are consistent with the Almond-Lippmann model.
Spanish-American War
His "Farewell Address" warned against permanent entangling alliances.
Washington
This power of the president refers to the fact that the White House usually talks first when a crisis happens.
First-mover advantage
Karp argues that early US foreign policy exported problematic domestic values by protecting this institution.
Slavery
Congress is most likely to oppose the White House when voting on legislation related to this moderately coercive tool.
Sanctions
This method of public influence says that leaders respond to public pressure to avoid political costs.
Responsiveness
His doctrine addressed concerns that Greece and Turkey could fall to communism.
Truman Doctrine
This other power of the president refers to the fact that the it's the president and the president alone who gets all of the daily intelligence briefings.
Information advantage
The American System
Key to democracy, this concept requires “a clear distinction between political and military responsibilities and the institutional subordination of the latter to the former.”
Civilian Control
A narrow majority of the public thinks the president should reject missions they think are worthwhile if senior military officers disagree. Evidence of this 9-letter phenomenon.
Named after their famous dispute over Bosnia, this pattern describes civilian officials' willingness to use force more often than military officials. But when military officials support force, they're more likely to think it should be overwhelming.
Powell-Albright Pattern
The idea that you have to know who you are before you know what you want is associated with this concept.
National Identity
According to McDougall, these three factors made early US foreign policy exceptional.
Geography, Demography, Political
According to Huntington, the military should be this. One implication is that active-duty officials shouldn't make campaign endorsements.
Apolitical
This method of public influence says the public chooses leaders that reflect their policy preferences.
Selection