1st Edition
Foreign Policy Issues for America The Trump Years
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.
PART I. Introduction
1. America’s decline, President Donald Trump, and the global liberal order
Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach
2. American foreign policy making: Institutions and individuals in the Trump administration
James M. McCormick
PART II. Regional issues
3. A poor China might be more dangerous than a rich China
Jonathan Hassid
4. Expanding Chinese influence and China-United States relations
Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach
5. Realpolitik: United States-Russian relations and the emerging political order
Scott Feinstein and Ellen B. Pirro
6. The Arctic: An emerging area of conflict
Lana Obradovic and Bethany Vailliant
7. The winds of change: Europe and the United States
Ellen B. Pirro
8. Crossing borders: United States foreign policy in Latin America
Ignacio Mamone and Amy Erica Smith
9. America and the Middle East
Richard W. Mansbach
PART III. Functional Issues
10. Nuclear weapons: A new arms race?
Kirsten L. Taylor
11. America’s energy transition and the global environment: Paradigm shift and policy challenges
Yu Wang
12. Trump and terrorism: A major focus of foreign policy
Ellen B. Pirro
13. Failed and fragile states: The unfinished agenda
David Carment, Mark Haichin, and Yiagadeesen Samy
14. Is weak cyber security an existential threat?
Steffen W. Schmidt
15. Trump’s challenges in international political economy
Mark D. Nieman
PART IV. Conclusions
16. Prospects for America: An eroding global order and American decline?
Richard W. Mansbach and James M. McCormick
Biography
Richard W. Mansbach is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.
James M. McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.