The Trump Foreign Policy

THE U.S. ELECTION

From ramping up competition with China to stepping back from international institutions, President Donald Trump has sharply altered the course of U.S. foreign policy. In essays written in Foreign Affairs over the course of his first term, Trump administration officials shed light on their approach to international affairs—and what a second term could bring.

How China Threatens American Democracy

Beijing’s Ideological Agenda Has Gone Global

By Robert C. O'Brien

How to Make Trade Work for Workers

Charting a Path Between Protectionism and Globalism

By Robert E. Lighthizer

Confronting Iran

The Trump Administration’s Strategy

By Michael R. Pompeo

How to Confront an Advancing Threat From China

Getting Tough on Trade Is Just the First Step

By Nikki Haley

The End of American Illusion

Trump and the World as It Is

By Nadia Schadlow

The Age of Great-Power Competition

How the Trump Administration Refashioned American Strategy

By Elbridge A. Colby and A. Wess Mitchell

The Retrenchment Syndrome

By H. R. McMaster

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