David Auerswald
Biographic Data
| ID | 4407936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Auerswald |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Auerswald |
| SIGNATURE | AUERSWALD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | National War College , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Some Assembly Required
Legislatures vary widely in how they affect democratic civil–military relations. In some countries, legislative oversight plays a critical role in guiding their defense establishment. In others, legislators are largely ignorant and happily so. In this article, we explain the sources of these variations in fifteen democratic states. After discussing the importance of the legislature's role in democratic civil–military relations, we clarify what we…
Teaching strategy through theory and practice
On the morning of September 11, 2001, we were just finishing up our seminars at the US National War College for the course, Strategic Logic. The topic was ‘Engagement’, and our students, who are al
Policymaking through Advice and Consent
Conventional wisdom holds that the President of the United States has a high degree of autonomy over U.S. foreign policy. Such autonomy is said to stem in part from his ability to confront the Senate with the either-or choice of accepting or rejecting treaties. In this article, we take issue with this characterization and explore how the Senate uses treaty "reservations" to alter ratification documents and advance Senate policy views. We find con…
Disarmed Democracies
In Disarmed Democracies: Domestic Institutions and the Use of Force, David P. Auerswald examines how the structure of domestic political institutions affects whether democracies use force or make threats during international disputes. Auerswald argues that the behavior of democracies in interstate conflict is shaped as much by domestic political calculations as by geopolitical circumstance. Variations in the structure of a democracy's institution…
Policymaking through Advice and Consent
Conventional wisdom holds that the President of the United States has a high degree of autonomy over U.S. foreign policy. Such autonomy is said to stem in part from his ability to confront the Senate with the either-or choice of accepting or rejecting treaties. In this article, we take issue with this characterization and explore how the Senate uses treaty "reservations" to alter ratification documents and advance Senate policy views. We find con…
Some Assembly Required
Legislatures vary widely in how they affect democratic civil–military relations. In some countries, legislative oversight plays a critical role in guiding their defense establishment. In others, legislators are largely ignorant and happily so. In this article, we explain the sources of these variations in fifteen democratic states. After discussing the importance of the legislature's role in democratic civil–military relations, we clarify what we…
Teaching strategy through theory and practice
On the morning of September 11, 2001, we were just finishing up our seminars at the US National War College for the course, Strategic Logic. The topic was ‘Engagement’, and our students, who are al
Disarmed Democracies
In Disarmed Democracies: Domestic Institutions and the Use of Force, David P. Auerswald examines how the structure of domestic political institutions affects whether democracies use force or make threats during international disputes. Auerswald argues that the behavior of democracies in interstate conflict is shaped as much by domestic political calculations as by geopolitical circumstance. Variations in the structure of a democracy's institution…
Policymaking through Advice and Consent
Conventional wisdom holds that the President of the United States has a high degree of autonomy over U.S. foreign policy. Such autonomy is said to stem in part from his ability to confront the Senate with the either-or choice of accepting or rejecting treaties. In this article, we take issue with this characterization and explore how the Senate uses treaty "reservations" to alter ratification documents and advance Senate policy views. We find con…
Teaching strategy through theory and practice
On the morning of September 11, 2001, we were just finishing up our seminars at the US National War College for the course, Strategic Logic. The topic was ‘Engagement’, and our students, who are al
Some Assembly Required
Legislatures vary widely in how they affect democratic civil–military relations. In some countries, legislative oversight plays a critical role in guiding their defense establishment. In others, legislators are largely ignorant and happily so. In this article, we explain the sources of these variations in fifteen democratic states. After discussing the importance of the legislature's role in democratic civil–military relations, we clarify what we…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Foreign policy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)