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Main Author: Richard E. Hartwig
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey 2008
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=63340706
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  • Winning is Everything: The Presidency of George W. Bush Richard E. Hartwig Relaciones Internacionales Bush George W foreign policy domestic politics international rules After the events of 9/11/01, the United States rallied around President George W. Bush. An administration that was initially weak and semi-legitimatecame to directly control the executive and legislative branches of government and gradually strengthen its influence over the judiciary. Bush and the Republican majority in Congress attained hegemony domestically as well as internationally. Having acquired the power to ignore the rules, they often proceeded to do so. A semi-idealistic “winning is everything” approach to foreign policy led the United States into a quagmire in Iraq. An unempirical “winning is everything” approach to domestic policy, which often distorts the rules (law, science, and standard economics) and ignores the “referees” (the GAO, the CBO, the IMF), has created potentially disastrous medium and long-term problems for the United States 2008 artículo científico 1870-3569 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=63340706 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=633 CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política application/pdf Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política (México) Num.7 Vol.4