Earlier this week, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, ushering in a new era of uncertainty at home and abroad.
In a special bonus episode, Foreign Affairs Editor Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with Daniel Drezner and Kori Schake on Wednesday, November 6, about what the world might expect from a second Trump term—on everything from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to China and alliances, to trade and immigration.
Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at Tufts University. Kori Schake, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, has served in senior jobs in the Defense Department, the State Department, and on the National Security Council. They reflect on the lessons of Trump’s first term and whether, this time, he will take his “America first” agenda even further.
Sources:
“The Case for Conservative Internationalism” by Kori Schake
“Defense In Depth” by Kori Schake, Jim Mattis, Jim Ellis, and Joe Felter
“The Post-American Order” by Kori Schake
“How Everything Became National Security” by Daniel Drezner
“Bracing for Trump 2.0” by Daniel Drezner
“On foreign policy, has Donald Trump become predictable?” by Elizabeth N. Saunders
The Foreign Affairs Interview is produced by Julia Fleming-Dresser, Molly McAnany, Ben Metzner, and Caroline Wilcox, with audio support from Todd Yeager and original music by Robin Hilton.
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