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Mid-Year Review of Trump Presidency
Mid-Year Review of Trump Presidency

Author(s): Jadwiga Kiwerska
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Geopolitics
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Trump; USA; presidency
Summary/Abstract: As he bid his final farewell to the presidential office in January 2017, Barack Obama left the world in a fairly poor condition. Although the outgoing president can hardly be blamed for any of the international problems and threats, he could not be absolved from such responsibility being a leader of the world’s most powerful nation. On the other hand, on assuming his country’s highest office in January 2009, he too inherited a range of challenges and unresolved conflicts from his predecessor, George W. Bush Jr. These included the global financial and economic crises, the unresolved war on terrorism, the threat of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the failure to benefit in any way from the deployment of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of new global centers of power and ambition, tensions in relations with Russia, and finally, highly strained transatlantic relations.

  • Page Range: 11-44
  • Page Count: 34
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: English