America’s Foreign Policy Inertia
How the Next President Can Make Change in a System Built to Resist It
Ahead of the U.S. election, both Vice President Kamala Harris and her opponent, former President Donald Trump, have outlined their visions for the future of American foreign policy. But the difficulty of reorienting U.S. strategy begs the question: to what extent can leaders steer the country’s foreign policy in a new direction?
Despite the many bureaucratic and political forces obstructing changes in U.S. foreign policy, meaningful shifts are not impossible—and they are now necessary, write Christopher Chivvis and Stephen Wertheim. “Washington appears stuck, reacting to events rather than shaping them, in a spiral that only gets worse as geopolitical divisions deepen, global challenges mount, and the American people turn inward.” Changing this dynamic will be difficult, they write, “but change is sorely needed.”
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1 个月wish there was a way to get to the first principles here, ask what it'd take for the planet to turn the current trends (of (self) destruction, authoritarianism, oligarchy, inequality) in time to avoid a collapse, then ask what role could the US play in that turnaround, then ask what it'd take for the populace to support this type of a long term approach that focuses on commonwealth vs. personal wealth or consumerism. The answer is usually, education - yet it takes generations for it to take effect, and we have't even started.
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1 个月Your premise is faulty. If elected, Harris will not change a thing. She is a part of the party of America’s sins are too many; America must grovel before all others and follow wherever they lead. There are many in American society infected with okiophobia against the society that has given them everything. Trump has to deal with the massive bureaucratic resistance and I doubt he’ll be able to do much other than work around the edges.