why is the president the dominant force in foreign policymaking
Several resolutions, most notably the War Powers Act of 1973, were designed to âredress the imbalanceâ (Rosati 2003: 314) but â due to reasons explained above â were not of lasting significance and hence left the president as âthe dominant force in foreign policyâ (Trimble 1989: 751).he State Department has traditionally been the one institution within the government most associated with foreign policy making. The influence that its head, the Secretary of State, actually has on the foreign policy making process, however, seems to be determined by the president.