Research | jordantama

Books

James A. Thurber and Jordan Tama, editors, Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations, Sixth Edition (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018)

Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

H-Diplo/International Security Studies Forum roundtable on book

Lee H. Hamilton, with Jordan Tama, A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2002)

Scholarly Journal Articles

Ashrakat Elshehawy, Nikolay Marinov, Federico Nanni, and Jordan Tama, “SASCAT: Natural Language Processing Approach to the Study of Economic Sanctions,” Journal of Peace Research (Conditional acceptance)

Gordon Friedrichs and Jordan Tama, “Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Key Debates and New Findings,” International Politics, Special Issue: Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Implications (Forthcoming)

James D. Bryan and Jordan Tama, “The Prevalence of Bipartisanship in U.S. Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Important Congressional Votes,” International Politics, Special Issue: Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Implications (2021)

Jordan Tama, "Forcing the President's Hand: How the U.S. Congress Shapes Foreign Policy Through Sanctions Legislation," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 3 (2020): 397-416

Joshua Busby, Craig Kafura, Jonathan Monten, and Jordan Tama, "Multilateralism and the Use of Force: Experimental Evidence on the Views of Foreign Policy Elites," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 1 (2020): 118-129

Jordan Tama, "Tradeoffs in Defense Strategic Planning: Lessons from the U.S. Quadrennial Defense Review," Defence Studies, Special Issue: Defence Planning as Strategic Fact 18, 3 (2018): 279-301

Jordan Tama, "How an Agency's Responsibilities and Political Context Shape Government Strategic Reviews," Public Management Review, Special Issue: Toward A More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research 20, 3 (2018): 377-396

Jordan Tama, “The Politics of Strategy: Why Government Agencies Conduct Major Strategic Reviews ,” Journal of Public Policy 37, 1 (2017): 27-54

Jordan Tama, “Independent Commissions as Settings for Civil-Military Deliberation: The Case of Women in the Military,” Armed Forces and Society 42, 2 (2016): 407-426

Jordan Tama, “Does Strategic Planning Matter? The Outcomes of U.S. National Security Reviews,” Political Science Quarterly 130, 4 (2015-16): 735-65

Jordan Tama, “Crises, Commissions, and Reform: The Impact of Blue-Ribbon Panels,” Political Research Quarterly 67, 1 (2014):152-164

Jordan Tama, “From Private Consultation to Public Crusade: Assessing Eisenhower’s Legislative Strategies on Foreign Policy,” Congress and the Presidency 40, 1 (2013): 41-60

Jordan Tama, “The Power and Limitations of Commissions: The Iraq Study Group, Bush, Obama, and Congress,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 41, 1 (2011): 135-155

Robert M. Hathaway and Jordan Tama, “The U.S. Congress and North Korea during the Clinton Years: Talk Tough, Carry a Small Stick,” Asian Survey 44, 5 (2004): 711-733

Other Scholarly Publications

Jordan Tama, “Anti-Presidential Bipartisanship in Foreign Policy in the Trump Era,” in Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott, editors, Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy: Activism, Assertiveness and Acquiescence in a Polarized Era (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021)

Jordan Tama, "The Multiple Forms of Bipartisanship: Political Alignments in US Foreign Policy," Social Science Research Council's Democracy Papers series (2018)

Shoon Murray and Jordan Tama, "U.S. Foreign Policymaking and National Security," in Derek S. Reveron, Nicholas K. Gvosdev, and John A. Cloud, editors, The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security (Oxford University Press, 2018)

Jordan Tama, "Foreign and Security Policy," in Gillian Peele, Christopher J. Bailey, Bruce E. Cain, and B. Guy Peters, editors, Developments in American Politics, Eighth Edition (Palgrave, 2018)

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Joshua W. Busby, Jonathan Monten, and Jordan Tama, "Foreign Policy Beliefs Among Leaders and the Public," in James M. McCormick, editor, The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence, Seventh Edition (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018)

Jordan Tama, “The Political, Policy, and Oversight Roles of Congressional Defense Commissions,” in Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald, editors, Congress and Civil-Military Relations (Georgetown University Press, 2015), 53-70

Jordan Tama, "Bipartisanship in a Polarized Age: The U.S. Congress and Foreign Policy Sanctions," School of International Service Research Paper No. 2015-2 (2015)

Jordan Tama, “The 9/11 Commission,” in Gregory Moore, editor, Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence (Auerbach Publications, 2015), 9-13

Jordan Tama, “Changing Course in a Time of War: Congress and the 2006 Iraq Study Group,” in Maxmillian Angerholzer III, James Kitfield, Christopher P. Lu, and Norman Ornstein, editors, Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Congress: Case Studies in Legislative Leadership (Praeger, 2014), 311-317

Works in Progress

Bipartisanship in a Polarized Age: When Democrats and Republicans Cooperate on U.S. Foreign Policy (Book manuscript)

"Elite Misperceptions and the Domestic Politics of Conflict," with Joshua Kertzer, Joshua Busby, Jonathan Monten, and Craig Kafura

“Pushing Back against the President: The U.S. Congress, Advocacy Groups, and Foreign Policy Spending”

“Varieties of Bipartisanship: How Democrats and Republicans Align on Foreign and Domestic Policy"

“Binding Hands or Granting Discretion: Congress, the President and the Design of Economic Sanctions,” with Ashrakat Elshehawy, Nikolay Marinov, and Federico Nanni

“The Domestic and International Drivers of Legislative Action on Sanctions”

“Bridging the Gap in a Changing World: New Opportunities and Challenges for Engaging Practitioners and the Public,” with Naazneen Barma, Brent Durbin, James Goldgeier, Bruce Jentleson, and Steven Weber

Jordan Tama

Associate Professor

School of International Service

American University

Scholarly Journal Articles

Jordan Tama, "Forcing the President's Hand: How the U.S. Congress Shapes Foreign Policy Through Sanctions Legislation," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 3 (2020): 397-416

Joshua Busby, Craig Kafura, Jonathan Monten, and Jordan Tama, "Multilateralism and the Use of Force: Experimental Evidence on the Views of Foreign Policy Elites," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 1 (2020): 118-129

Jordan Tama, "Tradeoffs in Defense Strategic Planning: Lessons from the U.S. Quadrennial Defense Review," Defence Studies, Special Issue: Defence Planning as Strategic Fact 18, 3 (2018): 279-301

Jordan Tama, "How an Agency's Responsibilities and Political Context Shape Government Strategic Reviews," Public Management Review, Special Issue: Toward A More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research 20, 3 (2018): 377-396

Other Scholarly Publications

Jordan Tama, "Bipartisanship in a Polarized Age: The U.S. Congress and Foreign Policy Sanctions," School of International Service Research Paper No. 2015-2 (2015)

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Jordan Tama, "Forcing the President's Hand: How the U.S. Congress Shapes Foreign Policy Through Sanctions Legislation," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 3 (2020): 397-416

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Joshua Busby, Craig Kafura, Jonathan Monten, and Jordan Tama, "Multilateralism and the Use of Force: Experimental Evidence on the Views of Foreign Policy Elites," Foreign Policy Analysis 16, 1 (2020): 118-129

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Jordan Tama, "Tradeoffs in Defense Strategic Planning: Lessons from the U.S. Quadrennial Defense Review," Defence Studies, Special Issue: Defence Planning as Strategic Fact 18, 3 (2018): 279-301

Jordan Tama, "How an Agency's Responsibilities and Political Context Shape Government Strategic Reviews," Public Management Review, Special Issue: Toward A More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research 20, 3 (2018): 377-396

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Other Scholarly Publications

Jordan Tama, "Bipartisanship in a Polarized Age: The U.S. Congress and Foreign Policy Sanctions," School of International Service Research Paper No. 2015-2 (2015)