Donald Trump, mindset, china, russia, america, geopolitical influence, NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Barack Obama, american foreign policy, freedom, South Korea, administration, Elbridge A. Colby, Aaron Wess Mitchell
I choose to work on the reading How the Trump Administration Refashioned American Strategy written in 2020 by Elbridge A. Colby and Aaron Wess Mitchell. When Donald Trump announced that he would seek the Republican nomination in June 2015, the media described him as an eccentric billionaire and successful author of business advice books. His most famous one, the Art of the Deal (1987) is the fifth highest-selling business-advice book of all time. The back cover states: "My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward ... I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing to get what I'm after. Sometimes I settle for less than I sought, but in most cases, I still end up with what I want ." In the foreign policy field, the 'hard bargaining' tactics have been translated to the "great power competition" frame of analysis that the text explores.
[...] Donald Trump believes that America gets a 'bad deal' by having to negotiate trade with Europe as a bloc instead of being able to deal with individual states bilaterally. He criticized EU policies on terrorism, trade, migration48, and climate49 and encouraged Brexit. Moreover, he did not publicly support the norms that the EU promotes50, including the spread of democracy and human rights, and its reluctance to use military force. Donald Trump's "America First" policies have challenged European perceptions of the United States and its willingness to follow the norms and practices of the liberal order. [...]
[...] The New York Times. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/opinion/for-europe-trumps-election-is-a-terrifying-disaster.html?searchResultPosition=6 [Accessed 23 Apr. 2022]. Wee, S.L. Ivanka Trump Wins China Trademarks, Then Her Father Vows to Save ZTE (Published 2018). (2022). The New York Times. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/business/ivanka-trump-china-trademarks.html?searchResultPosition=5 [Accessed 26 Apr. 2022]. [...]
[...] Vladimir Putin wanted an alleviation of the economic sanctions -which the Congress opposed- and the extension of the New START Treaty regulating the U.S-Russian arm control regime. In December 2019, Putin had offered to extend New START, set to expire in 202130, for five years, which could be done merely by an agreement between the two presidents. However, Donald Trump refused to forgo his desire for American nuclear superiority31 and stated that the treaty could not be renewed without China's participation, which was unlikely given that China had only about 300 nuclear warheads compared with the U.S. [...]
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[...] Donald Trump repeatedly flattered non-democratic leaders and rejected the idea of "trying to spread universal values that not everybody shares or wants." In terms of practical policy, Donald Trump pledged to "abandon the failed policy of nation building and regime change" and criticized U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the same time, many of the Trump administration foreign policy positions were familiar. They called for increases in defense spending pointing to the dangers posed by terrorist groups and rogue states armed with nuclear weapons. Donald Trump proposed that the United States act as an impartial peacemaker, especially in the Arab-Israeli conflict. [...]
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