CIAO DATE: 03/02

US Foreign Policy Agenda

 

Volume 1, Number 9, July 1996

Congress and Foreign Policy (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Preface

Focus

• U.S. Constitution Invites "Tug and Pull" on Foreign Policy,  by Professor Frederick L. Holborn, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• Involving Congress Early: Presidential Imperative,  an interview with Senator Richard Lugar, Senior Republican Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• Impact of Confressional Power Shift on Foreign Policy,  an interview with Representative Lee Hamilton, Ranking Democratic Member, House International Relations Committee
• Promoting the President's Foreign Policy Agenda in Congress,  an interview with Patrick Griffin, Former Assistant to President Clinton for Legislative Affairs

Commentary

• Congress: Partisan But Not Isolationist,  by Peter W. Rodman, Director of National Security Programs, Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom
• New Congressional Assertiveness in Foreign Policy,  by Jeremy D. Rosner, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Process and the Players

• How Lobbyists Influence Foreign Policy,  Based on interviews with Thomas Hale Boggs and Donald Massey
• Lawmakers Assess Constituents' Foreign Policy Concerns,  Survey on impact of these issues across America
• From Bill to Law: A Long and Complex Process,  Tracing the steps from introduction to enactment
• Congressional Committees and the Foreign Policy Process,  Various panels in both chambers actively engaged

Departments

• Action On Capitol Hill,  Defense authorization, anti-ballistic missile defense, Iran sanctions, immigration
• Spotlight on U.S. Speakers,  Former defense official Lawrence L. Korb on Congress and defense policy

A Guide to Additional Reading

• Congress and Foreign Policy: Bibliography  (Spotlighting other views on the subject)
• Congress and Foreign Policy: Key Internet Sites  (Internet links to resources on Congress)
• Article Alert: Other Political and Security Issues  (Abstracts of current articles)