The Presidency
The system used to elect the President:
What is the electoral college?
The Realist School of Thought emphasizes what to ensure their survival in the international system?
What is military strength?
Powers listed specifically in the Constitution:
What are enumerated/expressed powers?
The use of violence or coercion to force a country into submission:
What is hard power?
This tool allows presidents to push a policy/law without having to go through Congress:
What are executive orders?
This policy called for preemptive military action against countries harboring or aiding terrorist groups:
What is the Bush Doctrine?
Reasoning behind the creation of the Executive Branch/Presidency:
What is slow decision making in Congress?
The new international structure after the Soviet Union detonated its 1st nuclear bomb in 1949:
What is a bipolar structure?
This has allowed Presidents to expand their power beyond what is written in the Constitution
What are implied / inherent powers?
The 3 major goals in Iraq:
What is:
1. Destroy Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction”
2. Remove Saddam Hussein from power
3. Bring “democracy” to Iraq.