Inaneraofever-increasingpolarizationintheUSCongress,Americanforeignpolicyremainsmarkedbyfrequentbipartisanship.InBipartisanshipandUSForeignPolicy,JordanTamashowsthat,evenaspolarizationinAmericanpoliticsreachesnewheights,DemocratsandRepublicansinWashingtoncontinuetocooperateonimportantinternationalissues.Lookingcloselyatcongressionalvotingpatternsandrecentdebatesovermilitaryaction,economicsanctions,internationaltrade,andforeignpolicyspending,TamarevealsthatbipartisanshipremainssurprisinglycommonwhenUSelectedofficialsturntheirattentionoverseas.Yetbipartisanshiptodayrarelyinvolvescompleteunity.Instead,bipartisancoalitionsspanningmembersofbothpartiesoftencoexistwithintra-partydivisionsordisagreementbetweenCongressandthepresident,makingitdifficultfortheUnitedStatestospeakwithonevoiceontheglobalstage.Drawingonnewdataandinterviewsofmorethan100foreignpolicypractitioners,thisbookdocumentsthepersistenceofbipartisanshiponinternationalissuesandhighlightskeyfactorsthatfacilitateorimpedecooperationonforeignpolicychallenges.
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