Presidential Leadership and National Security

The Obama Legacy and Trump Trajectory
Herausgeber: Conley, Richard S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the foreign policy legacy of the Obama administration through the lens of national security and leadership. Timely, accessible chapters authored by leading scholars of presidential and international politics cover White House-Cabinet relations; Congress and War Powers; challenges including the Iran nuclear deal, ISIS, and the closing of Guantanamo Bay; drone strikes; the New Cold War with Russia; and the ways in which the Obama foreign policy legacy shaped the 2016 presidential election. In particular, the book explores the philosophical basis of counter-terrorism strategy in the Obama administration and traces how precepts differed from the administration of George W. Bush. More generally, the book contributes to an understanding of the distinctive interplay between the formal, constitutional powers of the president and the use of informal, executive powers in the quest for peace and security. Finally, the book surveys the challenges that Donald J. Trump faces in the transition to the new presidential administration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781138284203
• ISBN-10: 1138284203
• Artikelnr.: 57045186

Autorenporträt

Richard S. Conley is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. A scholar of the presidency and comparative executives and legislatures, he has authored or edited 11 books in print or in press, and 30 journal articles on American and comparative politics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The National Security Transition from Obama to Trump
Richard S. Conley
2. Rhetoric, Public Politics, and Security Cigdem V. Sirin and José D.
Villalobos
3. Terrorism Strategy Shifts from Bush to Obama Karen A. Feste
4. Military Initiatives by President Obama Louis Fisher
5. Obama's National Security Cabinet: The Fight to Survive White House
Micromanagement Shirley Anne Warshaw
6. Obama and Guantanamo: The Intractable-and the Internal-Dilemma Nancy
Kassop
7. Attack of the Drones: National Security, Due Process, and the
Constitutionality of Unmanned Strikes Jordan Cash and David Bridge
8. Obama, Unilateral Diplomacy, and Iran: Treaties, Executive Agreements,
and Political Commitments Jeffrey S. Peake
9. U.S.-Russian Relations During the Obama Presidency: From Reset to a New
Cold War? M. Leann Brown
10. The Clash of Civilizations and the Clash of Candidates: The 2016
Election Richard S. Conley
Appendix A. U.S. Domestic Terrorism, 2009-2016: Attackers using Political
Islam Justification
Appendix B. Selected Speeches of President Obama, 2009-2017:
Counterterrorism Policy