United States of America

[ThomasWach]

Hier ein Foreign Affairs Aufsatz über die "Entmachtung" des Kongresses in außenpolitischen Fragen und die dominierende Richtungsgebung durch den US-Präsidenten, sowohl in der aktuellen Politik als auch in der institutionellen Auslegung:

When Congress Stops Wars
By William Howell and Jon Pevehouse

For most of George W. Bush's tenure, political observers have lambasted Congress for failing to fulfill its basic foreign policy obligations. Typical was the recent Foreign Affairs article by Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann, "When Congress Checks Out," which offered a sweeping indictment of Congress' failure to monitor the president's execution of foreign wars and antiterrorist initiatives.
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On the contrary, the new Democratic-controlled Congress is conforming to a tried-and-true pattern of partisan competition between the executive and legislative branches that has characterized Washington politics for the last half century and shows no signs of abating. Reports of Congress' death have been greatly exaggerated.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article..._wars.html