1st Edition

Foreign Policy Issues for America The Trump Years

Edited By Richard W. Mansbach, James M. McCormick Copyright 2019
    254 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    254 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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.