Each of the fifteen case studies [in this book] speaks to a foreign policy process that has become more open, pluralistic, and deeply partisan ... Most of the cases in this volume reflect instances of jurisdictional competition between the president and Congress over the control and direction of foreign policy ... The case studies in this book were selected to illustrate two important realities of the post-cold war period: the range and diversity of the old and new issues facing U.S. foreign policymakers and the variety of the participants in the current policymaking process.-Pref.