U.S. Foreign Policy Today – From Leader of the Free World to America First
After 1945, the United States became the principal architect of a liberal international order based on open markets, strategic alliances with the democracies of Europe and Asia, international cooperation,and the inviolability of postwar borders. Maintaining this international order was the consensus of US foreign policy for 70 years, but that consensus has faded, especially with the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
This seminar will explore the postwar consensus and the reason why it has faded in the United States, as well as the consequences of Trump’s return to the White House for Europe and the rest of the world. Political cartoons and satirical videos will provide some comic relief among the often grim topics.
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