{"id":47504,"date":"2016-07-08T13:35:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=47504"},"modified":"2019-02-11T13:49:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:49:24","slug":"todd-belt-explores-global-presidential-power-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/08\/todd-belt-explores-global-presidential-power-in-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Belt explores global presidential power in new book"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Globalization has led to diffusion of power in which checks and balances do more than simply check and balance the power of the president and rather prevent the president from acting at all, according to a new book, The Post-Heroic Presidency: The Leveraged Leadership in an Age of Limits<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Co-authored by University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> political science professor Todd Belt<\/strong>, the book analyzes former presidents’ approaches to contending with or overcoming these restraints, from Richard Nixon’s attempts to recalibrate American power to Jimmy Carter’s attempt at making peace with diminished power to George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama’s use of “soft power”—which has earned all three the criticism both at home and abroad that they are “weak.”<\/p>\n

The authors outline a new, less-unilateral strategy for leadership that will allow the president to create global impact, which they refer to as “leveraged leadership,” and apply this strategy to future challenges presidents may face in an increasingly interconnected world.<\/p>\n

More on the publisher’s website: The Post-Heroic Presidency: The Leveraged Leadership in an Age of Limits<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s Todd Belt co-authors The Post-Heroic Presidency: The Leveraged Leadership in an Age of Limits<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[185,158,14],"class_list":["post-47504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-political-science","tag-publication","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t