Chaos in the Liberal Order : The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century

Donald Trump’s election has called into question many fundamental assumptions about politics and society. Collecting a wide range of perspectives from leading scholars, __Chaos in the Liberal Order__ explores the global trends that led to Trump’s stunning victory and the impact his presidency will have on the international political landscape. Contents Introduction PART I. TRUMP AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY 1. President Trump and International Relations Theory 2. What Is International Relations Theory Good For? 3. Why Trump Now: A Third-Image Explanation 4. The Donald Versus “The Blob” PART II. IS LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM STILL ALIVE? 5. Has Liberal Internationalism Been Trumped? 6. Down but Not Out: A Liberal International American Foreign Policy 7. Does Structure Trump All? A Test of Agency in World Politics 8. Liberal Internationalism, Public Opinion, and Partisan Conflict in the United States PART III. WHITHER PAX AMERICANA? 9. Trump Against Exceptionalism 10. This Is What Nationalism Looks Like 11. The Appeal of “America First” 12. The Waning of the Postwar Order 13. The Failed Promises of 1989 and the Politics of 2016 14. Trump’s Ascendancy as History 15. Assessing Trump’s Emerging Counterterrorism Policy 16. The “Global Order” Myth PART IV. TRUMP AND THE WORLD 17. Donald Trump and NATO 18. The Art of the Bluff 19. Latin America 20. Historical Legacies of US Policy in the Middle East 21. Donald Trump and the Middle East 22. US-Russia Relations Unhinged 23. The View from the Asia-Pacific 24. The Future of the Atlantic Alliance Under President Trump PART V. THE LANGUAGE AND LEGACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 25. The United States and the Global Human Rights Order 26. Donald Trump and the Irrelevance of Human Rights PART VI. THE FOURTH ESTATE, LEAKS, AND FAKE NEWS 27. Donald Trump and the “Paranoid Style” in American (Intellectual) Politics 28. Leaking About Donald Trump in the Age of Fake News 29. Why Does Donald Trump Have So Much Trouble with the Truth? 30. Is Donald Trump Jimmy Carter, or Is He Kaiser Wilhelm II? 31. Aristocracy, Oligarchy, and Donald Trump PART VII. IS THERE A TRUMP DOCTRINE? 32. Trumpism, History, and the Future of US Foreign Relations About the Contributors Index Donald Trump's election has called into question many fundamental assumptions about politics and society. Should the forty-fifth president of the United States make us reconsider the nature and future of the global order? Collecting a wide range of perspectives from leading political scientists, historians, and international-relations scholars, Chaos in the Liberal Order explores the global trends that led to Trump's stunning victory and the impact his presidency will have on the international political landscape. Contributors situate Trump among past foreign policy upheavals and enduring models for global governance, seeking to understand how and why he departs from precedents and norms. The book considers key issues, such as what Trump means for America's role in the world; the relationship between domestic and international politics; and Trump's place in the rise of the far right worldwide. It poses challenging questions, including: Does Trump's election signal the downfall of the liberal order or unveil its resilience? What is the importance of individual leaders for the international system, and to what extent is Trump an outlier? Is there a Trump doctrine, or is America's president fundamentally impulsive and scattershot? The book considers the effects of Trump's presidency on trends in human rights, international alliances, and regional conflicts. With provocative contributions from prominent figures such as Stephen M. Walt, Andrew J. Bacevich, and Samuel Moyn, this timely collection brings much-needed expert perspectives on our tumultuous era.