CIAO DATE: 03/02

US Foreign Policy Agenda

 

Volume 1, Number 14, October 1996

Foreign Policy and the 1996 Presidential Election (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

From the Editors

Focus

• Foreign Policy and Elections: The Durability of Bipartisanship,  by Professor Robert Schulzinger, Department of History, University of Colorado in Boulder
• International Cooperation and Trade: Key Themes for the Democrats,  an interview with Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Leadership and Consistency: Key Themes for the Republicans,  an interview with General Brent Scowcroft, President of The Forum for International Policy and The Scowcroft Group

Commentary

• The Foreign Policy Factor in Presidential Campaigns,  by Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow in Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution

The Process and the Players

• What the Polls Say: Issues of Concern to American Voters,  by Alvin Richman
• The Role of Foreign Policy Advisers in Dole, Clinton Campaigns,  by Wendy S. Ross
• Platforms: How the Parties Define Their Policy Positions,  by By Ralph Dannheisser

In Their Own Words: The Candidates on Foreign Policy

• Democratic Presidential Nominee Bill Clinton,  Forging a foreign policy that advances U.S. values
• Republican Presidential Nominee Bob Dole,  A pledge to pursue terrorists "to the ends of the earth"
• Reform Party Presidential Nominee Ross Perot,  In pursuit of "intelligent, free international trade"

Departments

• Elsewhere on the Diplomatic Scene,  Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• Action on Capitol Hill,  Chemical Weapons Convention, defense authorization, U.S. action in Iraq, U.N. command of U.S. troops, Iran/Libya sanctions

A Guide to Additional Reading

• Foreign Policy and the 1996 Presidential Election: Key Internet Sites  (Internet links to resources on foreign policy and the campaign)
• Foreign Policy and the 1996 Presidential Election: Bibliography  (Spotlighting other views on the subject)
• Article Alert: Other Political and Security Issues  (Abstracts of current articles)