Polarization within Western societies escalates, as citizens increasingly distrust their
governments and disagree with one another in an increasingly emotional way. Departing …

A common explanation for the increasing polarization in contemporary American foreign
policy is the absence of external threat. I identify two mechanisms through which threats …

Democratic publics have always struggled to constrain their elected leaders' foreign policy
actions. By its nature, foreign policy creates information asymmetries that disadvantage …

Polarization in the USA has been on the rise for several decades. In this context, few
observers expect politics today to stop “at the water's edge,” as the old cliché goes. But key …

To what extent are US elected officials polarized on foreign policy? And how do patterns of
polarization and bipartisanship differ across policy areas? Using an original data set of …

What is the relationship between ideology and international relations (IR)? The extant
literature focuses on how the former shapes the latter. Confrontation between Liberalism …

According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, ie
party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common …

Given the US president's leading role in many areas of American foreign policy, one might
expect the president to prevail in executive-legislative clashes over economic sanctions. In …

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

This study examined the impact of news modality (print news vs. 360° journalism) on
psychological mechanisms of information seeking intention, as well as individual differences …