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The paper analyzes the Bush Administration's 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States as a means of highlighting the crucial ideas behind such innovations as "preemption" and "regime change." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the levels of military force implemented by the United States when initiating a militarized interstate dispute. The militarized record shows variation in the initial level of force and this level of force directly affects the outcome of the dispute. In light of the relationship between the initial level of force and the dispute outcome, the issue is why the United States would choose to substitute levels of force in a dispute. Based on the previous research, the United States acts differently than other states when initiating a dispute in the sense that domestic factors are expected to have the greatest influence on the level of force; however, this has not been tested on the initial level of military force (Meernik 2000; Mitchell and Moore 2002). Using a model that consists of state level variables and a combined model that incorporates system level variables, the empirical results provide some evidence for this theory as well as the effect that system level variables have on the initial level of military force used by the United States when initiating a dispute. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What accounts for congressional assertion or lack thereof in national security policy after World War II? The author argues assertion is a function of the degree of congressional access to critical intelligence. Two case studies have been chosen to illuminate this poorly theorized issue area: The covert CIA operation in Angola which Congress shut down in 1975 and the 2002 Resolution authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq. Furthermore, this paper seeks to test the waters for a more encompassing theory of Congress and national security policy that looks at presidential prestige and its consequences for the legislative-executive power-ratio in foreign and defense policy. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bush 43's foreign policy views have evolved over time, from the "humble" realism of Governor Bush to the assertive idealism of President Bush's Second Inaugural. Arguably, the Bush Doctrine has evolved through three phases, from September 2001 through the 2006 National Security Strategy. That evolution is reconstructed through an examination of Bush's speeches and writings. A brief speculation is then offered on whether the Bush Doctrine will survive the Bush Presidency. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using Arendtian thought to critique the American government's detention of citizens under 'enemy combatant' status provides an arena to understand US domestic policies as an foundation for global action in the War on Terror. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]