The Vice President and Foreign Policy: From “the most insignificant office” to Gore as Russia Czar December 18, 2008

Host: Hudson Institute. This case study reviews the role of the Vice President in national security policy, with a focus on Vice President Gore’s role in U.S.-Russian relationships during the Clinton Administration. As the co-chair of the U.S.-Russia Bi-National Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation (better known as the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission), Vice President Gore played a central role in shaping and implementing the administration’s Russia policy. Examining Gore’s role in the American policy towards Russia provides useful insight regarding the advantages and disadvantages of an active Vice Presidential role in the national security process.

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