Donald Trump and American foreign policy: The return of the Jacksonian tradition

Michael Clarke*, Anthony Ricketts

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    Abstract

    This article examines the wellsprings of Donald Trump's nascent foreign policy program. It argues that the locus of the Republican president's foreign policy agenda is found within the Jacksonian tradition of American foreign policy identified by Walter Russell Mead. Here, notions of “national honor” and “reputation” are the driving factors that underpin Trump's emerging narrative. The implications of this for U.S. strategic and defense policy may be an enhanced reliance on nuclear deterrence and the downgrading of the U.S. military's forward posture in Asia and the Middle East.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)366-379
    Number of pages14
    JournalComparative Strategy
    Volume36
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2017

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