The Multiple Presidencies Thesis: An Alternative Conceptual Framework for Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy Construction.

The article proposes an alternative theoretical framework that will discern the exact inter-institutional policy-making relationship which the president shares with the U.S. Congress in the realm of foreign affairs. A utilizing factor and content analyses of presidential position roll call votes in foreign affairs are suggested to showcase the role played by divergent issue areas such as national security. The author observes that the post-Cold War order would be defined as a period of change in the politics of the opportunity structures.