Jordan Tama is Provost Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Co-Director of Bridging the Gap. His research examines the politics, institutions, and tools of US foreign policy. His publications include four books and many journal articles, policy reports, and articles in major newspapers and magazines. Tama has served as a senior aide in the US House of Representatives, a foreign policy speechwriter, and a presidential campaign advisor.

• Acknowledgments


• Part 1: Concepts and Patterns


• Chapter 1: The Persistence and Forms of Bipartisanship


• Chapter 2: Bipartisanship in Congressional Voting


• Chapter 3: Enablers of Bipartisanship


• Part 2: Case Studies from the Obama and Trump Years


• Chapter 4: Military Intervention in Syria


• Chapter 5: War Powers Authorities


• Chapter 6: Sanctions on Russia


• Chapter 7: Sanctions on Iran


• Chapter 8: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and International Trade


• Chapter 9: Spending on Foreign Aid and Diplomacy


• Part 3: Conclusions


• Chapter 10: Implications and Bipartisanship under Biden


• References


• Notes


• Index

Although Democrats and Republicans in Washington appear to live in different realities today, they often cooperate when they turn their attention overseas. In Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy, Jordan Tama examines the surprising persistence of foreign policy cooperation between Democrats and Republicans, even as partisan polarization in American politics reaches new heights. Drawing on new data on congressional voting, in-depth case studies of major recent foreign policy debates, and interviews of more than 100 foreign policy practitioners, the book shows that it remains possible for members of the two parties to band together to shape the US role in the world.