foreign policy

constitutional

political

practical

president

commander in chief (enumerated)

Tonkin Resolution (1964)

Iraq war

Afgahnistan

war on terror

armed forces deployment

head of state

executive agreements

Cuba - Obama

Iran - Obama

North Korea - Trump

Congress

Declare war

War powers act (1973)

President can only deploy troops abroad without congressional approval it is an emergency and then only 60 days.

2019 there was an attempt to amend this power

"Power of the purse"

Vietnam/ Iraq war

Senate ratifying treaties

Senate demanded a say on the Iran nuclear deal

Exop

NSA

CIA

Information to react

Bin Laden

can respond quickly to incidents

START treaty

President

New tech deployed quickly

Osama bin Laden

Soleimani (trump)

congress

can have its own policy experts

Biden, John Kerry

Can have its own foreign policy

netanyahu

Nancy Pelosi

Taiwan

Syria

House intelligence committee

Investigation

president

national mandate

Face of the USA

Linked to executive agreements

Ukraine

Congress can be very deferential

9/11 patriot act (2001)

Foreign policy isn't an election winner

gambles!

Congress

Capitalize on FP mistakes by president

Sensitive to public support

Exploit issues on foreign policy

hunter biden