US foreign policy has taken a radical turn in Trump’s first year back in office

By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham

One year into Donald Trump’s second term it is clear that US foreign policy has taken a radical turn from anything seen in the previous 80 years. After the second world war, a system of treaties and alliances saw the US commit to upholding international institutions, rules and laws, as well as promote global prosperity through free trade and market access.

But these things are all antithetical to Trump’s foreign policy vision. Trump appears committed to the abandonment of this longstanding foreign policy…

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