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Present at the destruction? Grand strategy imperatives of US foreign policy experts during the Trump presidency
European Journal of International Security Pub Date : 2020-05-22 , DOI: 10.1017/eis.2020.5
Hermann Kurthen

This article discusses the grand strategy imperatives of 37 foreign policy experts in Washington, DC in response to President Donald Trump's nationalist challenge to the post-Second World War international order concept. Using an abductive reconstructivist methodology to analyse in-depth interviews, five grand strategy imperatives, or rules for action, shared by all actors were identified: safeguarding US global leadership, maintaining alliances, securing US prosperity, orienting at values, and believing in a mission. Based on the interpretation of these rules for action, four types of foreign policy experts were distinguished: nationalists, realists, pragmatic liberals, and liberals. The latter three expert types, altogether labelled globalists, were united in their opposition to the nationalists’ demolition of the international order but divided along partisan and ideological lines about the meaning and implementation of the rules for action. Realists, pragmatic liberals, and liberals were also unsure of how to explain and respond to Trump's nationalism beyond a defensive or wishful hope to save the vestiges of an US-centric international order. The findings demonstrate the value of in-depth qualitative interviews for explaining elite beliefs and illustrate the rich insights for policy analysis that can be gained through this methodology.

中文翻译:

在破坏时出现?特朗普任内美国外交政策专家的大战略要务

本文讨论了华盛顿特区的 37 位外交政策专家应对唐纳德·特朗普总统对二战后国际秩序概念提出的民族主义挑战的大战略要务。使用绑架重建主义方法分析深度访谈,确定了所有参与者共有的五项大战略命令或行动规则:维护美国的全球领导地位、维持联盟、确保美国的繁荣、以价值观为导向和相信使命. 根据对这些行动规则的解释,外交政策专家分为四种类型:民族主义者、现实主义者、务实的自由主义者和自由主义者。后三种专家类型,通称为全球主义者,他们团结一致反对民族主义者破坏国际秩序,但在行动规则的意义和实施方面存在党派和意识形态分歧。现实主义者、务实的自由主义者和自由主义者也不确定如何解释和回应特朗普的民族主义,而不是出于防御或一厢情愿的希望,以挽救以美国为中心的国际秩序的残余。研究结果证明了深入的定性访谈对于解释精英信念的价值,并说明了通过这种方法可以获得的政策分析的丰富见解。超越以美国为中心的国际秩序残余的防御性或一厢情愿的民族主义。研究结果证明了深入的定性访谈对于解释精英信念的价值,并说明了通过这种方法可以获得的政策分析的丰富见解。超越以美国为中心的国际秩序残余的防御性或一厢情愿的民族主义。研究结果证明了深入的定性访谈对于解释精英信念的价值,并说明了通过这种方法可以获得的政策分析的丰富见解。
更新日期:2020-05-22
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