| Zusammenfassung: | To understand the imperatives of the Presidency today-going Washington, going public and going international-we must also understand changes in the international system. The conventional view of the Presidency, set out in part one, is that a President has a better chance of influencing events abroad than at home. But the second section shows how this assumption, appropriate to an era of American hegemony, is no longer valid in an era of global interdependence in security and economic affairs, in which other nations have the capacity to exchange influence with the White House. Since this increases the substantial problems that the President has in juggling concerns with Congress and public opinion, the third section considers alternative responses: compartmentalization, taking charge through positive integration and or being caught in the middle through negative integration. The conclusion assesses how America's growing interdependence means that a President does not have to be a world leader; instead, he may be vulnerable, isolated or a global failure.
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