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International Security And The War Powers Resolution, Alexander C. Linn
International Security And The War Powers Resolution, Alexander C. Linn
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
In recent history, the authority to commit US. troops to theaters of conflict has shifted from Congress to the President. After the Vietnam War, the War Powers Resolution was written to reestablish balanced authority over war between the political branches of government. In the post-Cold War era, forces frequently are deployed as part of multilateral UN. operations. This trend creates two contradictory needs: first, the need for the Executive to be able to act swiftly and decisively in formulating military commitments to the United Nations, and second, the need for Congress to authorize potentially long-term military deployments. To reconcile these …
Kosovo And The Great Air Power Debate, Daniel L. Byman, Matthew C. Waxman
Kosovo And The Great Air Power Debate, Daniel L. Byman, Matthew C. Waxman
Faculty Scholarship
The following section provides an overview of how to think about air power and coercion, addressing several key limits of the current literature. We next examine NATO goals in Kosovo and the mixed success eventually achieved. Using that baseline, we explore various explanations for Belgrade's eventual capitulation and clarify how air power's role in each of them should be understood; we leave aside the issue of whether coercion was a proper strategy for addressing the Balkan crisis and focus instead on how to assess air power as a tool of that strategy. We conclude with recommendations for recasting the air …