Trump by Nixon: Maverick Presidents in the Years of U.S. Relative Decline

摘要

Does President Donald J. Trump have a coherent statecraft? Can we find a consistent grand strategy in this new administration, worth calling the "Trump Doctrine"? Mainly supported by angry Jacksonian folks who have been frustrated with economic polarization and racial anxiety, Trump's foreign policy idea resonates well with European realism. Considering the fact that realist theory has been confined to the margins of public discourse in post-Cold War America, this unexpected return of the realist doctrine on the U.S. political scene needs to be explained. Why are we suddenly approaching realism's moment in foreign policy? What makes prominent realists express their best wishes to President Trump?