# Multimedia 

Multimedia 

---

- [Podcasts](/podcasts)
- [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video)
- [Video Series](/search/category/video-series)
- [Events](/multimedia/events)

[ 

Download Episode 

](https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/episodes/699cb6ede3f0d89ce2d5633b.mp3)Subscribe:

[ 

Apple Podcasts 

](http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/cato-daily-podcast/id158961219) [ 

Spotify 

](https://open.spotify.com/show/4dHRhKEljj8zcLdl3Gvsv7) 

Cato Weekly Podcast • February 24, 2026 

# Who Decides When America Goes to War? 

Cato’s Katherine Thompson sits down with Matt Duss of the Center for International Policy to examine the persistent conflict between Congress and the presidency over war powers. From potential military action against Iran to past debates over Yemen and Venezuela, they explore how successive administrations have expanded executive authority and why Congress has struggled to reclaim its constitutional role.

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). 

##### Featuring 

##### Matthew Duss 

Center for International Policy

[![katherine_thompson_cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2025-11/katherine_thompson_cropped_0.jpg?itok=rj_tXdP0)](/people/katherine-thompson) 

##### [Katherine Thompson](/people/katherine-thompson)

Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute

[ 

](https://x.com/katherinet57) [ 

](mailto:kthompson@cato.org)