| 来源类型 | Interactive Report |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| Beyond the Water's Edge | |
| Kathleen H. Hicks; Louis Lauter; Colin McElhinny | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-09-26 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The populist politics that emerged in the 2016 presidential election raised new questions at home and abroad about the durability of the U.S. commitment to global leadership and support for the liberal world order. The election popularized the narrative of rising public isolationism, culminating with the election of a president who was willing to challenge the conventional wisdom of U.S. foreign policy. As the political institution with the most direct line of communication to the people of the United States, how does Congress reflect this national discourse? Scholarship and punditry abound on the formation and nature of contemporary public and presidential foreign policy views. Yet there is remarkably little new research on Congress’s foreign policy views and motivations. On the surface, the rise of vocal deficit hawks seeking to curtail foreign policy and defense spending—or the seeming broad aversion to new trade agreements—support the view of a Congress retreating from internationalism. Yet members of Congress inhabit an unprecedentedly globalized world where classical notions of isolationism seem implausible. The terms traditionally used to describe congressional views on foreign policy—internationalist or isolationist; hawk or dove—can fail to capture members’ complex and diverse perspectives on the U.S. role in the world. This report aims to help close the gap in our understanding of Congress’s foreign policy views. CSIS reviewed existing literature, assessed major recent foreign policy debates, and measured the views of a carefully selected group of 50 members in the 115th Congress. The resulting analysis provides insights on the core motivations of today’s Congress and characterizes major streams of observed foreign policy views within the institution. This study team also recommends opportunities for strengthening bipartisan cooperation and congressional foreign policy leadership. |
| URL | https://www.csis.org/features/beyond-waters-edge |
| 来源智库 | Center for Strategic and International Studies (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/327935 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kathleen H. Hicks,Louis Lauter,Colin McElhinny. Beyond the Water's Edge. 2018. |
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