by jpitney | Aug 21, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation, Foreign Policy, House of Representatives, Military, Oversight, Senate
At R Street, Casey Burgat looks at congressional oversight capacity on national security and foreign affairs. Here he examines the House Committees on Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Armed Services. [D]espite regular increases from 2003 through...
by jpitney | Apr 11, 2020 | Congress, Foreign Policy, Oversight
Robbie Gramer and Jack Detsch have an article at Foreign Policy titled “Pandemic Stymies Congressional Check on Trump’s Foreign Policy.” An excerpt: Public health guidance has prevented lawmakers in particular from receiving classified briefings—normally...
by jpitney | Mar 9, 2020 | Economic Policy, Foreign Policy
Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, Kimberly Clausing, and Mary Lovely at The Bulwark: Returning to the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] is the most expeditious way to ensure that U.S. exporters face a level playing field with their competitors in pivotal...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2019 | Europe, Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Ripon Forum interview with former Senator, Ambassador, and DNI Dan Coats: I am a transatlanticist. Most of my former colleagues in Congress and government are as well, irrespective of any generational differences I mentioned above. No country, no matter how powerful,...
by jpitney | Nov 10, 2019 | Foreign Policy, Presidency, Uncategorized
James A. Baker III at The Washington Post: Thirty years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, as crowds of East and West Germans were tearing down the wall that symbolized division and totalitarianism, I was fortunate to watch firsthand as President George H.W. Bush eschewed high...
