John Glaser, Christopher A. Preble, A. Trevor Thrall

Fuel to the Fire (eBook, ePUB)

How Trump Made America's Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse (and How We Can Recover)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump broke not only from the Republican Party but also from the bipartisan consensus on U.S. foreign policy. Calling the Iraq War a terrible mistake and lamenting America's nation-building expeditions, Trump evinced little interest in maintaining the traditional form of American leadership of the liberal international order. Instead, Trump's "America First" vision called for a reassertion of American nationalism on the economic front as well as in foreign affairs.

Since Trump took office, it has become clear that "America First" was more of a campaign slogan than a coherent vision of American grand strategy. As president, Trump has steered a course that has maintained some of the worst aspects of previous foreign policy-namely, the pursuit of primacy and frequent military intervention- while managing to make a new set of mistakes all his own.

While President Trump continues to muddle along, now is the time to consider what should come after. In Fuel to the Fire, the authors characterize and explain Trump's foreign policy doctrine and the effect that he likely will have on U.S. foreign policy during his tenure. Furthermore, they provide policy recommendations that are centered on restraint-a radical departure from America's expansive global military role in the world but a return to the historical American focus on trade and diplomacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cato Institute
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781948647472
• Artikelnr.: 57892344

Autorenporträt

John Glaser is the director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He has been a guest on a variety of television and radio stations, including Fox News, MSNBC, and National Public Radio, and has had his work published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Affairs. He earned an MA in international security at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and a BA in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Inhaltsangabe

Provisional Table of Contents
1. U.S. Grand Strategy since the Cold War and 9/11
2. Confusion after Containment
3. 9/11 and the Hijacking of U.S. Foreign Policy
4. The New Liberal Hegemony Consensus
5. The Failures and Foolishness of Primacy
1. America First & the Trump Doctrine
2. What was America First at First?
3. Why did America First gain traction in 2016?
4. What is the Trump Doctrine now?
5. America First in historical context
6. Taking Stock of the Trump Doctrine
7. How AF has Trump's first term actually been and why?
8. What has remained same/what has really changed under Trump?
9. How well has AF/Trump's FP served the United States?
10. Not sure how best to organize this - thematically or by specific issue?
11. War on terror, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, NATO/alliances, Syria,
immigration, trade, diplomacy, nuclear weapons, defense budget
4. The National Security Making Process Under Trump
12. Trump's Generals
13. Deconstructing the State Department
14. Foreign Policy by Twitter
15. Empty Bench vs. the Blob: The political/bureaucratic/institutional response
by GOP, Dems, others to Trumpism, America First
5. American Internationalism in the Age of Trump
16. Public opinion on Trump's America First doctrine
17. Changing American internationalism more generally
1. Conclusion: Prospects for American Grand Strategy
18. What has the Trump Doctrine meant for US and the world?
19. What's better/worse now than it was before Trump?
20. International Response to Trump - foreign governments, allies, global
public opinion, and how Trump has affected America's reputation, etc.
21. What does the Trump Doctrine mean for the future?
22. Why restraint looks even better after some Trump...