Mel Gurtov

America in Retreat (eBook, PDF)

Foreign Policy under Donald Trump

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This deeply researched book offers a comprehensive analysis of the domestic politics and international consequences of Trump's foreign policy. Mel Gurtov provides detailed case studies of policy toward key countries and regions, including China, Russia, North Korea, Europe, and the Middle East. He makes a vigorous argument, centered on human-interest priorities and values, for rejecting a foreign policy of neglect and ineptness when it comes to the major issues of our times: climate change, China's rise, multiple US wars, human rights, authoritarian leadership, and nuclear weapons. Gurtov argues that Trump is a nationalist and illiberal populist whose policy views have been molded chiefly by his business practices, leading to an obsession with "winning," elevation of ego and loyalty over expertise, and preference for threats over diplomacy. Trump holds to a few simple ideas about the US role in the world: too expensive, too subject to other countries and institutions, and too influenced by "globalist" concerns such as democracy, climate crisis, human rights, and the rule of law. Trump will leave a deeply negative mark on the reputation and credibility of the United States, and on its policy-making process. But Gurtov concludes that a liberal successor should be able to reverse the worst features of the Trump era and restore foreign policy to its true purpose: exemplifying America's commitment to humane and democratic governance and cooperative economic relations with allies and economic partners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765171936
• Artikelnr.: 74845082

Autorenporträt

Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University. He previously was on the staff of the RAND Corporation, where he was an author of the Pentagon Papers, and then began his teaching career at the University of California, Riverside. He has written 30 books on China, US foreign policy, and international affairs, most recently America in Retreat: Foreign Policy under Donald Trump and Engaging Adversaries: Peacemaking and Diplomacy in the Human Interest, both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Gurtov is a former Senior Fulbright Scholar and is Senior Editor of Asian Perspective, which he served as Editor-in-Chief for over 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 We Were Warned
"America First"
The "Lone Ranger" Rides Again
The Fitness Issue
2 President Trump, in Person
The "Stable Genius"
"Trump at War" in America
Whose Side Are You On?
It's All about Trump
3 Taking Sides
Damn the Experts
Two Camps
Shakedown: Trump's Secret Agenda in Ukraine
All In for the Israeli Right
Compromised
4 Foreign Policy by Improvisation
Policy Making Off the Charts
The Politics of Trump's Foreign Policy
The Myth of the Deep State
Two Terrible Disorders
Friends and Enemies
Trump's Democracy Deficit
Corruption beyond Measure
Truth and Consequences
5 The Costs of Inexperience
His Own Worst Enemy
Sheriff without a Posse in Europe
Sandbagged: The Russia Connection
The China Conundrum
6 The (Lost) Art of the Deal
"Maximum Pressure": North Korea
Pursuing Regime Change in Iran
Indecision and Indifference in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America
7 Dealing Away International Responsibility
Abandoning Human Rights
Amplifying the Nuclear Danger
Realism without Apology: Trump and Saudi Arabia
8 Business First
"Tariff Man"
Betraying Future Generations
9 Racism at the Border
Keeping People Out
A National Disgrace
10 Retreat and Advance
A Method to His Madness
The Costs of Trumpism
A Criminal Regime
Trump's Nationalism-and Realism
Damage Control
Toward a Progressive US Foreign Policy
Where Are We Headed?
Notes
Bibliography