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(see U.S. Politics & Government )

 

America's Promising Future: A Conversation with Colin Powell - Garfinkle, Adam; Powell, Colin - The American Interest, March/April 2010, online edition

The Contemporary Presidency: Cheney, Vice Presidential Power, and the War on Terror - Goldstein, Joel K. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2010, v40, #1, pp102-140

The Politics of Presidential Speeches - Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew - Congress & the Presidency, January/April 2010, v37, #1, pp1-22

The Carter Syndrome
- Mead, Walter Russell - Foreign Policy, January/February 2010, online edition

President Obama, one Year on - American Interest, January/February 2010, v5, #3

Barack Obama’s Year in Review - Purdum, Todd S. - Vanity Fair, January 20, 2010, online edition

Tracking Obama's Promises
- National Journal, January 8, 2010

The Promises Audit - National Journal, January 8, 2010, online edition

Presidential Terms and Tenure: Perspectives and Proposals for Change - Neale, Thomas H. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, October 19, 2009, online edition, 30p (PDF)

Obama's Leadership Qualities Stand Out to Americans
- Jones, Jeffrey M. - Gallup Poll, September 21, 2009, online edition

The Art of Obama Worship - Lewis, Michael J. - Commentary, September 2009, v128, #2, pp15-21

The Obama Presidential Transition: An Early Assessment - Burke, John P. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2009, v39, #3, pp574-605

A Leader from the Start
- Walsh, Kenneth T. - U.S. News & World Report, June 1, 2009, v146, #5, pp60-64

A Potentially Transformational President - Eizenstat, Stuart E.
U.S. News & World Report
, June 1, 2009, v146, #5, pp72-73


Is Obama's Big Start Too Big?
- Zuckerman, Mortimer B. - U.S. News & World Report, June 1, 2009, v146, #5, pp80-83

POTUS on the Road: International and Domestic Presidential Travel, 1977-2005 - Doherty, Brendan J. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2009, v9, #2, pp322-347

Presidential Power in National Security: A Guide to the President-Elect
Fisher, Louis - Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2009, v39, #2, pp347-362

The Campaign No One Will Forget
- Cook, Charles E. - Washington Quarterly, April 2009, v32, #2, pp193-200

The First Thirty Days of Barack Obama - Drew, Elizabeth - New York Review of Books, March 26, 2009, v56, #5, online edition (3p)

Barack's Too-Long Wish List: How the President Should Focus His Agenda - Galston, Wiliam A. - Brookings Institute, March 10, 2009, online edition

Sheriff Joe: What Kind Of Vice President Will Biden Be? - Englund, Will
National Journal, March 7, 2009, v41, #10, pp42-45

The Administrative Presidency, Unilateral Power, and the Unitary Executive Theory - Waterman, Richard W. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2009, v39, #1, pp5-9

An Election in History - Keller, Morton - American Interest, January/February 2009, v4, #4, online edition

The Ascension - Burns, Nicholas - National Interest, January-February 2009

The Obama Presidency: Can Barack Obama Delivers the Change he Promises? - Jost, Kenneth and CQ Researcher staff - CQ Researcher, January 30, 2009, v19, #4, pp73-104

President Obama and the World - McMahon, Robert - Council on Foreign Relations, January 20, 2009

President Elect Barack Obama and the 111th Congress: What to Expect - Patton Boggs LLP , Updated January 5, 2009, 70p (pdf)

Inside the Presidency - Bumiller, Elizabeth - National Geographic, January 2009, online edition

U.S. Presidential Transitions - eJournal USA, The Bureau of International Information Programs of the U.S. Department of State, January 2009, 48p

Democracy -
The Case for Opportunistic Idealism - Rachman, Gideon
The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2009, v32, #1, pp119-127


Lincoln's Memo to Obama - White, Ronald C., Jr. - Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2009, online edition

Securing the Peace: Presidents and Nation Building from FDR to George W. Bush - Dobbins, James - Survival, December 2008/January 2009, v50, #6, pp29-48

Obama's First Year - Barnes, James A. - National Journal, December 13, 2008

The Exit Interview: Condoleezza Rice on the World Bush Made and the World Obama Will Inherit - Interview with Helena Cooper and Scott L. Malcomson - New York Times Magazine, November 16, 2008, pp44-5

Lead with Confidence - West, Darrell - Brookings Institution, November 7, 2008, 3p

Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-Elect and Congress - Right to Know Community, November 2008, 112p

The Next President - Foreign Affairs, September/October 2008, v87, #5 online edition

The Rising Power of the Modern Vice Presidency - Goldstein, Joel K.
Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 1, 2008, v38, #3, pp374-390

Why the New President Should Focus on a Prosperity Agenda - Soderberg, Nancy; Katulis, Brian - American Foreign Policy Interests, September 2008, v30, #5, pp275-280

If Everyone Had Voted, Would Bubba and Dubya Have Won? - Sides, John; Schickler, Eric Schickler; Citrin, Jack - Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2008, v38, #3, pp521-540

Why Vice Presidents Are Important to Governing
- Barone, Michael, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), June 27, 2008

It is Vetting Time - Ambinder, Marc - National Journal, June 21, 2008, online edition

They Cross the Divide - Marx, Claude R. - Politics (Campaigns and Elections), May 2008, v29, #5, pp36-40

The Unmaking of the President - Risen, Clay - Smithsonian, April 2008, v39, #1, pp68-70

Andrew Jackson: Winner and Loser in 1824 - Marquis, Christopher - American History, April 2008, v43, #1, pp50-59

The Politics of a Failed Presidency - Bell, Jeffrey - The Weekly Standard, March 17, 2008, v13, #26, pp20-33

Is It "President" or "president" of the United States? - Hardy, Richard J.; Webber, David J. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2008, v38, #1, pp159-184

The Historical Experience of Experience: How and When Experience in a President Counts - Jones, Charles O. - Issues in Governance Studies, #12, March 2008, 11p

The Contemporary Presidency: Constraining Executive Power: George W. Bush and the Constitution - Pfiffner, James P. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2008, v38, #1, pp123-144

Exclusive Interview: President Jimmy Carter - Carter, Jimmy; Edwards III., George C. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2008, v38, #1, pp1-13

Gerald Ford's Near Miracle of 1976 - Mieczkowski, Yanek - American History, February 2008, v42, #6, pp43-49

From a Uniter to a Divider  - Brownstein, Ronald - National Journal, November 3, 2007, v39, #44, pp30-37

The 'March of Freedom' From Reagan to Bush - Kengor, Ronald - Policy Review, December/January 2008, #146, pp77-86

A Case for Restraint - Posen, Barry R. - American Interest, December 2007, v3, #2, pp8-32

U.S. Democracy Promotion During and After Bush - Carothers, Thomas
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 12, 2007, online edition, 42p

The Contemporary Presidency: Who Wants Presidential Supremacy? Findings from the Institutions of American Democracy Project - Aberbach, Joel D.; Peterson, Mark A.; Quirk, Paul J.
Presidential Studies Quarterly
, September 2007, v37, #3, pp 515-531

The Language of Freedom in the American Presidency, 1933-2006 - Coe, Kevin - Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2007, v37, #3, pp375-399

Shaping the 44th Presidency - Jones, Charles O.; Dunn Tenpas, Kathryn, Brookings Institution, Issues in Governance Studies, #9, Web posted August 20, 2007, 8p

Seizing the Moment - Walsh, Kenneth T. - U.S. News & World Report, posted June 10, 2007, online edition

U.S. National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication - State Department, Published June 2007, online edition, 34p

"Because I Said So" - Crenson, Matthew; Ginsberg, Benjamin - American History, June 2007, v42, #2, pp42-49

Agreeable Administrators? Analyzing the Public Positions of Cabinet Secretaries and Presidents
- Bertelli, Anthony M.; Grose, Christian R. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2007, v37, #2, pp228-248

Oh Lucky Man, The Diaries of Ronald Reagan - Lehman, Nicholas
New Yorker, May 28th 2007, online edition

The Case for Presidential Term Limits
- Maltz, Gideon - Journal of Democracy, January 2007, v18, #1, pp128-144

Special Issue: Invoking Inherent Powers - Invoking Inherent Powers: A Primer - Fisher, Louis - Presidential Studies Quarterly, Mar 2007, v37, #1, pp1-22

The Home Front - Ponnuru, Ramesh - National Review, February 12, 2007, v59, #2, pp17-26

Legacy Time - Cannon, Carl - National Journal, January 6, 2007, v39, #1, pp24-29

In Memoriam: Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006 - American Enterprise Institute, December 2006

Jimmy Carter & George W. Bush: Faith, Foreign Policy, and the Evangelical Presidential Style
- Berggren, Jason; Rae, Nicol C.
Presidential Studies Quarterly, December 2006, v36, #4, pp606-634

Baker's Choice
- Lizza, Ryan - New Republic, November 13, 2006, v235, #20, pp21-23

Splitville, D.C. - Simendinger, Alexis; Kirk, Victor - National Journal, November 11, 2006, v38, #45, pp21-23

Is the Bush Doctrine Dead? - Podhoretz, Norman - Commentary, September 2006, v122, #2, pp17-32

The Sixth Year Slump - Emery, Noemie - The Weekly Standard, Oct 16, 2006,v12, #5; pp18-21

The End of the Bush Revolution - Philip H. Gordon - Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug 2006.Vol.85, Iss. 4; pp75-86

The Veto-Free Presidency: George W. Bush (2001-Present)
Dunn Tenpas, Kathryn - Issues in Governance Studies, July 2006, online edition

Isolationism REDUX - Starobin, Paul National Journal, April 4, 2006, v38 #13, pp20-26

Democracy, Realistically - Owen, John M IV. - The National Interest,

The Contemporary Presidency: The Sixth Year Curse - Shogun, Colleen J. - Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2006, v36, #1, pp89-101

Presidential Power - Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, Feb. 24, 2006, v16, #8, pp169-182

The King Lives! Long Live The King - Starobin, Paul - National Journal, Feb. 18, 2006, v38, #7, pp18-27

Leadership by Definition: First Term Reflections on George W. Bush's Political Stance - Skowronek,Stephen -Perspectives on Politics, December 2005, v3, #4, pp817-831

Diplomacy

U.S. Public Diplomacy: Background and Current Issues - Nakamura, Kennon H.; Weed, Matthew C. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, December 18, 2009, online edition, 70p (PDF)

U.S. Diplomacy in the Age of Facebook and Twitter: An Address on 21st Century Statecraft -- A Discussion - Ross, Alec (speaker); Lord, Kristin M. (discussant) ; Piccone, Ted (moderator) - Brookings Institution, December 17, 2009, online edition, 48p (pdf)

Relearning the Art of Diplomacy - Lieven, Anatol - The Nation, November 19, 2007, v285, #16, pp30-32

Turning on the Dime: Diplomacy's Role in National Security - Smith, Anton K. - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Web posted October 12, 2007, online edition, 17p

Diplomacy in the Age of Terror - Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) - Remarks to the Pacific Council on International Policy, The American Academy of Diplomacy, October 4, 2007

Diplomacy for the 21st Century: Transformational Diplomacy - Nakamura, Kennon H.; Epstein, Susan B. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, August 23, 2007, online edition, 32p

The Art of Peace: Bringing Diplomacy Back to Washington - Crocker, Chester A. - Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007, v8,#4, pp160-168

A New Approach: Engaging The Muslim World Through Public Diplomacy - Barron, Owen - Harvard International Review, v28, #4, Winter 2007, pp30-33

Diplomacy - Slaughter, Anne Marie - Harper's, June 2007, v314 #1885, pp59-61

The Hard Road Back to Soft Power - Smith, Pamela Hyde - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, v8, #1, Winter/Spring 2007, pp. 115-123

The Truman Standard - Goldgeier, James M. and Derek H. Chollet
American Interest, Summer 2006, v1, #4, pp.107-111

New Order - Harris, Shane - Government Executive, August 1, 2006, v38, #13, pp31-38

All Talk and No Strategy: The Limits of Diplomacy - Rubin, Michael - Weekly Standard, July 24, 2006, online edition

2005 Report of the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. November 2005

Cultural Diplomacy: The Linchpin of Public Diplomacy. Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy. U.S. Department of State. September 2005, 30p

Public Diplomacy: Lessons from King and Mandela. Wolf, Charles Jr & Rosen, Brian. Policy Review, October & November 2005, pp63-80

Goodwill Hunting. Bayles, Martha. The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2005, v29, #3, p46-55

Strengthening U.S. Public Diplomacy Requires Organization, Coordination, and Strategy. Johnson, Stephen; Helle C. Dale, and Patrick Cronin. Heritage Foundation, August 5, 2005, Backgrounder #1875

The Course of American Diplomacy: Theonomy, Autonomy, and Heteronomy. Sweeney, J.K. American Diplomacy, June 20, 2005, online edition

 










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