Vincent Boucher is a PhD candidate in Political Science and a research fellow at the Centre for United States Studies at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal. Charles-Philippe David is full professor of political science, president of the Centre for United States Studies, and founder of the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Karine Prémont is professor in the School of Applied Politics at the Université de Sherbrooke and deputy director of the Centre for United States Studies at the l'Université du Québec at Montréal.

"Most studies of American foreign policy at the individual level focus on the president. Boucher, David, and Prémont very usefully direct our attention to the bureaucratic entrepreneurs in the National Security Council who try to drive change in the policy-making process, not always successfully and not always with positive results. This is a real contribution to our understanding of how American foreign policy is made." F. Gregory Gause III, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University

Vincent Boucher is a PhD candidate in Political Science and a research fellow at the Centre for United States Studies at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal. Charles-Philippe David is full professor of political science, president of the Centre for United States Studies, and founder of the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Karine Prémont is professor in the School of Applied Politics at the Université de Sherbrooke and deputy director of the Centre for United States Studies at the l'Université du Québec at Montréal.

"Most studies of American foreign policy at the individual level focus on the president. Boucher, David, and Prémont very usefully direct our attention to the bureaucratic entrepreneurs in the National Security Council who try to drive change in the policy-making process, not always successfully and not always with positive results. This is a real contribution to our understanding of how American foreign policy is made." F. Gregory Gause III, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University

Vincent Boucher is a PhD candidate in Political Science and a research fellow at the Centre for United States Studies at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal. Charles-Philippe David is full professor of political science, president of the Centre for United States Studies, and founder of the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Karine Prémont is professor in the School of Applied Politics at the Université de Sherbrooke and deputy director of the Centre for United States Studies at the l'Université du Québec at Montréal.

"Most studies of American foreign policy at the individual level focus on the president. Boucher, David, and Prémont very usefully direct our attention to the bureaucratic entrepreneurs in the National Security Council who try to drive change in the policy-making process, not always successfully and not always with positive results. This is a real contribution to our understanding of how American foreign policy is made." F. Gregory Gause III, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University