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DESCRIPTION:About the event: It has long been a presumption that the presid
 ent enjoys vast powers with respect to decisions to intervene with militar
 y force abroad: the United States has an “imperial presidency”. This b
 ook challenges this conventional wisdom by arguing that this is more illus
 ion than reality. Presidents have to operate in the shadow of Congress: th
 ey realize that if they act absent sufficient political cover from lawmake
 rs\, they leave themselves highly exposed should the use of force end poor
 ly. Introducing a new measure of congressional sentiment toward the use of
  force\, this book shows that while presidents frequently use force withou
 t formal approval from Congress\, they are virtually always doing so pursu
 ant to Congress’s informal support and urging. Moreover\, it demonstrate
 s that presidents are actually unwilling to undertake the largest interven
 tions (full-scale war) absent the formal imprimatur of the legislator. Las
 tly\, it shows that allies and adversaries pay close attention to domestic
  constraints on the president\, yielding implications for deterrence and a
 lliance reassurance. While in reality substantially constrained politicall
 y by Congress\, presidents intentionally project a facade of imperialism i
 n order to caution adversaries and hearten allies.\n\nAbout the speaker: B
 efore coming to CISAC\, Patrick was a Research Fellow with the Internation
 al Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Scie
 nce and International Affairs. He completed his Ph.D. in political science
  at the University of California San Diego in May 2023\, and his J.D. at t
 he UCLA School of Law in 2017. For the summer of 2022\, Patrick was a Summ
 er Associate with the RAND Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy\, an
 d for the 2020-2021 academic year he was a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at th
 e Notre Dame International Security Center.\n\nPatrick’s research and te
 aching interests include congressional-executive relations in U.S. foreign
  policy\, constitutional law\, deterrence theory\, and the U.S.-China rela
 tionship. He is especially interested in the influence of Congress in use 
 of military force decisions\, as well as the role of legal constraints in 
 international security.
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LOCATION:Encina Hall\, William J. Perry Conference Room
SUMMARY:In the Shadow of Congress: the Facade of the Imperial Presidency
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/in-the-shadow-of-congress-t
 he-facade-of-the-imperial-presidency
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