Mixing Grand Strategies: Trump and International Security


ÜLGÜL M.

INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR, cilt.55, sa.3, ss.98-114, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/03932729.2020.1786928
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.98-114
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

When a new President is elected in the United States, the first thing analysts do is define that President's grand strategy; yet, naming Donald Trump's grand strategy was a difficult task as his pre-election speeches often contradicted traditional US foreign policy norms. Trump's ambiguous grand strategy combines two US foreign policy strategies: nationalism in the sense that his preference is for unilateral policies prioritising American interests, and a traditional foreign policy approach, as seen in the moves taken against China and Iran. Surprisingly, this grand strategy unintentionally contributes to cooperation in Eurasia, as actors like Russia, China, Turkey, India and the European Union continue to try to balance the threat from the United States instead of competing with each other, while smaller countries are reluctant to challenge the regional powers due to mistrust towards Trump.