Abstract

Since the beginning of the Cold War, international security crises have occurred frequently. In managing the crises, the regular decision-making model of separated but shared power between the U. S.president and the Congress is no longer applicable. The special feature of crisis decision-making, the control of intelligence by the president, and the president's role as commander-in-chief make the president almost the only“leader”in crisis decision-making. The Congress, out of consideration of safeguarding national security interest, plays the role of faithful“follower,”thus forming a special interactive model of “leading-following”between the president and the Congress.

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