Abstract

The close of the Obama presidency prompted considerable thinking about the state of American foreign policy. With the election of Donald Trump, it appeared as if the United States and the world were on the brink of a new relationship. Decades-old language of American international leadership was replaced with a doctrine of America First. In other words, the post–Cold War era had come to an end. This review essay addresses five texts published at this inflection point in American foreign policy history, when the core assumptions are being challenged by domestic and global forces. It accounts for the parlous state of American foreign policy in the post–Cold War era, the causes of foreign policy failure, where the world might be heading, and what it means for American foreign policy scholarship.

中文翻译：

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失败之后：冷战后时代的美国外交政策

摘要

奥巴马总统任期的结束引发了人们对美国外交政策状况的大量思考。随着唐纳德·特朗普的选举中，看起来，如果美国和世界上都是一个新的关系的边缘。几十年来美国国际领导层的语言被美国优先原则所取代。换句话说，冷战后时代已经结束。这篇评论文章论述了在美国外交政策历史上的这一转折点上发表的五篇文章，当时核心假设正受到国内和全球力量的挑战。它解释了冷战后时代美国外交政策的现状，外交政策失败的原因，世界可能走向的方向以及这对美国外交政策学术的意义。