Foreign Policy Dominated By Congres Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Themes
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1) commander in chief powers, military action
2) diplomacy and soft power, treaties, nominations
3) circumstances that can benefit or threaten
2
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Commander if chief
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- head of armed forces, conflict
- trump authorisation of Iranian general
- Biden set a new date for remaining us troops in Afghanistan to withdraw
- congress not declared war since 1941 yet us has been involved in several wars
- do not need AUMFS
3
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Congress limits
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- congress power to declare war
- grant AUMFS, permission for president to carry out military engagements
- failure to secure can hinder pres actions
- ## war powers act consults
4
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Constitution gives pres powers to be chief diplomat
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- pres choose which treaties and exec agreements to pursue
- trump towards nato compared to Biden
- Biden Iran nuclear deal and trump withdraw
- exec agreements, do not require senate maj
- trump withdraw from Paris climate through exec agreement
5
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Congress limits
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- ## senate ratify treaties 2/3 maj , unlikely in polarised gov
6
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Power is never fixed under circumstances
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- type of gov, united help
- divided
- low ratings, bush Iraq troop serge
- events, 9/11 bush patriots act and aumf in iraq 2003 united gov
