Three Approaches to Presidential Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty-First Century

This book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump's management of foreign policy crises.

Political scientists have long determined that a president's relationships with his advisors is crucial in determining an administration's policies. Over the last several decades, scholars of the presidency have paid particular attention to the advisory structures and processes involved in foreign policy decision-making. Their work has contributed to the development and refinement of three presidential management models to help frame the analysis of foreign policy-making: (1) formalistic model, (2) collegial model, and (3) competitive model. This book analyzes the management models employed by presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump throughout their presidencies by employing a structured-focus comparison method that is framed on a set of general and standardized questions used to analyze a series of case studies involving their Middle East policies. The book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump's management of foreign policy crises.

Autorentext

Luis da Vinha is Lecturer in International Relations at Flinders University. He received his Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Coimbra. His research has been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Journal of Policy History, Portuguese Journal of Political Science, and the Brown Journal of World Affairs, among others. Anthony Dutton is Professor of History and Chair of the Social Science Department at Valley City State University. He earned his Ph.D. in North American history from North Dakota State University.

Klappentext

Political scientists have long determined that a president s relationships with his advisors is crucial in determining an administration s policies. Over the last several decades, scholars of the presidency have paid particular attention to the advisory structures and processes involved in foreign policy decision-making. Their work has contributed to the development and refinement of three presidential management models to help frame the analysis of foreign policy-making: (1) formalistic model, (2) collegial model, and (3) competitive model. This book analyzes the management models employed by presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump throughout their presidencies by employing a structured-focus comparison method that is framed on a set of general and standardized questions used to analyze a series of case studies involving their Middle East policies. The book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump s management of foreign policy crises.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction: From "Fire and Fury" to Letters of Love Presidential Management Models President George W. Bush "Fuck Diplomacy. We Are Going to War": The Bush Administration's Response to the September 11th Attacks "Our War on Terror Is Well Begun, but It Is Only Begun": The Case for the Invasion of Iraq Going "All In": Pushing the Surge in Iraq President Barack Obama A "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Moment: Obama's Surge in Afghanistan Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time: Responding to the Arab Spring in Egypt Defining and Redefining the "Red Line" on Syria's Chemical Weapons President Donald Trump The Syrian "Red Line" Redux "Cocked and Loaded": A Tale of Premature Escalation The World from Mar-a-Lago: Deciding to Kill Qasem Suleimani Conclusion: The Executive, the Magistrate, and the Maverick References Index.