Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: Change of Substance or Only of Style?
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: Change of Substance or Only of Style?

Summary/Abstract: The article is an initial assessment of the first months of Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The author argues that contrary to widely publicized theses, American foreign policy has not undergone significant changes so far. Trump showed more decisiveness than his predecessor when faced with the civil war in Syria, and took a more confrontational position towards North Korea, but in the most important issues, such as politics towards China or Russia he did not do anything that would justify fears about the direction of American actions in the world. Washington’s withdrawal from international agreements (TPP, TTIP) or the emergence of such a possibility (NAFTA) is the result of Trump’s concern with his own country’s interests, which is what all leaders do. All this means that in 2017, US foreign policy noted a certain change in the style of its conduct while the substance remains unchanged.

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