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The Drift of Trump’s America in the Liberal World Order: From Reluctant Rule-Maker to Revisionist Power

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In this chapter I argue Donald Trump’s international conduct has systematically (1) discredited international institutions, (2) cast shades on America’s relationships with its traditional allies, and (3) exacerbated the tension with rivals, with potentially disruptive and enduring repercussions on the international system and the Liberal World Order. Starting from the great financial crisis of 2007–2008 originated in the United States, I proceed by analyzing Trump’s political platform and his supporters’ underlying concerns, epitomized by the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’. In fact, a number of measures questioning and jeopardizing the LWO, and its key institutions, or historical partnership and alliances, have all been based on the narrative that the interests of American citizens had been undermined by the excessive acquiescence of former US administrations. If in the frame of the LWO, Trump’s action can be synthesized with a cynical ‘no partners, just rivals’, to understand Trump’s dangerous, opportunistic, and chaotic foreign policy, I take into account some key dossiers, in particular, North Korea and Iran, but also the relationships established with Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Russia.

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Notes

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    The unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA is partly explained by this ideological orientation, as well as by the intent to extinguish the political legacy of Obama—e.g., by repealing the Affordable Care Act.

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    For a qualified opinion on the possibility that U.S. economy is better positioned to avoid a financial crisis today than it was in 2007, see the three former Federal Reserve Governors’ book (Bernanke et al. 2019).

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    “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.” NATO, “The North Atlantic Treaty,” April 4, 1949, www.nato.int/cps/fr/natohq/official_texts_17120.htm?selectedLocale=en.

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    On June 15, 2019, Sara Netanyahu was sentenced guilty of “improper use of public funds” by the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court, for which she paid a fine, but was acquitted of the fraud and power abuse charges.

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    The last issue of Foreign Affairs from 2017 was dedicated to the forgotten wars of the United States, to an attempt to explain what has not worked out and what could still be done about them. See “America’s Forgotten Wars,” Foreign Affairs 96, no. 6.

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Parsi, V.E. (2021). The Drift of Trump’s America in the Liberal World Order: From Reluctant Rule-Maker to Revisionist Power. In: The Wrecking of the Liberal World Order. Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72043-8_6

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