Title: The public dimension of foreign policy /
Authors: Newsom, David D.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Freedom of the press United States; Constituent power United States.; United States Foreign relations Decision making.; United States Foreign public opinion.
Abstract: How does US foreign policy get made? Why are official statements on foreign policy so often unclear? What influences shape citizens' perceptions of international events? Who supplies the money for public advocacy of global issues? What is the influence of academic in government decisions? Why has Congress become the catalyst in the national debate on US foreign policy? In The Public Dimension of Foreign Policy, former Under Secretary of State and Ambassador David Newsom offers a trenchant analysis from a long-term insider's point of view of how our foreign policy is shaped and sometimes mis-shaped. Beginning with an explanation of the constitutional basis of free expression and public pressures, the book's twelve chapters examine the elements that combine to create both perceptions of events and the impetus for action.
Contents: 1. The Legal Basis -- 2. Government Speaks -- 3. The Reporting Dimension -- 4. Conflicting Objectives -- 5. Key Issues -- 6. Money -- 7. Academia -- 8. Think Tanks -- 9. Advocacy -- 10. Lobbies -- 11. The Congress -- The Twenty-First Century.