tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post2958253227428887519..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: Defense versus StateAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-37702695461052591252006-03-31T20:24:00.000-05:002006-03-31T20:24:00.000-05:00I think foreign policy is driven by influence brou...I think foreign policy is driven by influence brought to bear on specific issues by think tanks including Council on Foreign Policy, Rand, Brookings, Hoover, AEI, Carnegie and others. The weight that specific think tank’s carry within an administration determines, on the margin, the course of American foreign policy.Arun Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00283104336139330439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-83934153351735285472006-04-01T08:04:00.000-05:002006-04-01T08:04:00.000-05:00To clarify, my previous post suggests that defense...To clarify, my previous post suggests that defense versus state department suffers from an omitted variables problem. The omitted variable is weighted average think-tank in the capital (WATC), which is a reliable empirical proxy for post World War-II American foreign policy.Arun Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00283104336139330439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-35689114726063961592006-04-03T18:59:00.000-04:002006-04-03T18:59:00.000-04:00What do you call a Presidential Administration cha...What do you call a Presidential Administration characterized by the Department of Homeland Security being ascendant?Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189986331250946545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-67247932968140171042006-04-04T23:49:00.000-04:002006-04-04T23:49:00.000-04:00What do you call a Presidential Administration cha...What do you call a Presidential Administration characterized by the Department of Homeland Security being ascendant?<br><br>Bush administration.Arun Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00283104336139330439noreply@blogger.com