Looking Beyond Trump

Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Book Title: Strategic Trends 2017: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Pages: 35-54
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Place: Zurich

Support in the United States for the liberal world order is under threat from a combination of profound economic, cultural, and political changes. The election of Donald Trump, and the emergence of his America First credo, underscores the fact that the world can no longer depend upon the US to pursue an internationalist foreign policy. Europe, in particular, would do well to begin planning for a future in which the US is more skeptical of alliances and trade agreements and less willing to provide leadership in addressing international challenges.

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