Foreign Policy Issues for America

The Trump Years
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8153-9402-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 646 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

As America’s first president never to have served in government or the military, Donald Trump entered the White House with an unformed foreign policy position. Yet he was confronted by a wide range of developing issues; the rise of China, Russian-United States relations, the resurgence of nationalism in Europe, U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America, environmental challenges, terrorism, security challenges of failing states, cyber security threats, and challenges in international political economy.

This volume focuses on these sensitive foreign policy issues that determine the prospects for American decline or continued hegemony. Contributions are divided into ‘regional’ and ‘functional’ issues, exploring the nature and significance of the challenge, the previous response, and President Trump’s policies and their consequences.

Topics have been selected to address political, military, economic, and social factors in global politics and the book will appeal to undergraduates and scholars of U.S. foreign policy at all levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mansbach, Richard W.

McCormick, James M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I. Introduction

1. America’s decline, President Donald Trump, and the global liberal order

2. American foreign policy making: Institutions and individuals in the Trump administration

PART II. Regional issues

3. A poor China might be more dangerous than a rich China

4. Expanding Chinese influence and China-United States relations

5. Realpolitik: United States-Russian relations and the emerging political order

6. The Arctic: An emerging area of conflict

7. The winds of change: Europe and the United States

8. Crossing borders: United States foreign policy in Latin America

9. America and the Middle East

PART III. Functional Issues

10. Nuclear weapons: A new arms race?

11. America’s energy transition and the global environment: Paradigm shift and policy challenges

12. Trump and terrorism: A major focus of foreign policy

13. Failed and fragile states: The unfinished agenda

14. Is weak cyber security an existential threat?

15. Trump’s challenges in international political economy

PART IV. Conclusions

16. Prospects for America: An eroding global order and American decline?

Über Autor(innen)

Richard W. Mansbach is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.

James M. McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.