Levitsky discusses Congress and foreign policy | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Levitsky discusses Congress and foreign policy

April 25, 2022 Roll Call

Over the last few decades, the foreign policy power of Congress has deteriorated, leaving a question mark around the process of withdrawing from treaties. Melvyn Levitsky weighed in on the debate.

“It’s a gray area because the Congress wants to leave it a gray area,” Levitsky said. “They want to insist on their right but not to test it when the president seems to violate it.”