Severe party conflict, not a high-minded suspension of politics, now prevails “at the water's
edge.” Democrats and Republicans fight pitched battles over foreign affairs. But are the two …

Political scientists routinely face the challenge of assessing the quality (validity and
reliability) of measures in order to use them in substantive research. While stand-alone …

Recent work finds evidence that partisan calculations, not ideological preferences, drive
congressional decisions on foreign policy. While legislators support the wars launched by …

Lobbyists are omnipresent in the policy-making process, but the value that they bring to both
clients and politicians remains poorly understood. We develop a model in which a lobbyist's …

Do advisers affect foreign policy and, if so, how? Recent scholarship on elite decision
making prioritizes leaders and the institutions that surround them, rather than the …

Research shows that female legislators tend to support liberal, pacifistic approaches to
foreign policy. But it remains unclear whether they are dovish because they seek to …

How do interest groups decide which member of Congress to target when decisions are
made collectively? Do lobbying strategies change as legislation advances? Answering …

Polarization has been a prevalent phenomenon in US politics, yet its foreign policy
implications remain understudied. A common assumption is that polarization undermines …

Abstract The US House of Representatives made a significant move by passing legislation
on the TikTok ban 'twice'in less than 40 days. The passed legislation requires that …

Bipartisan consensus on many US domestic and foreign policy priorities has seemingly
collapsed in recent decades, and political parties have become ideologically polarized and …