How do presidents shape foreign policy, and what constrains their choices? Sebastian Schmidt, Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University will examine the evolution—and growth—of executive power in foreign affairs. He’ll be joined by Kristin Wells, former attorney for U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, USAID, and the Peace Corps for a conversation moderated by Mary Bruce, Assistant Director of Public Programs, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins. They will illuminate the historical patterns of executive authority in foreign affairs and implications for contemporary challenges.
In partnership with the SNF Paideia Program at the University of Pennsylvania and the SNF Ithaca Initiative of the University of Delaware’s Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration. This event is part of the series “First 100 Days, From Home to Abroad,” examining the effects of U.S. presidential leadership across the U.S. and beyond, in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins.