US Elections Untangled

The End of US Global Leadership? (with Ville Sinkkonen)

October 23, 2020 Finnish Institute of International Affairs Season 1 Episode 15
US Elections Untangled
The End of US Global Leadership? (with Ville Sinkkonen)
Show Notes

What will be Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacy, if Joe Biden wins the election and Trump steps down after one full term in office?

“As trumpian ideas about American (global) leadership role have become more mainstream, it has created a situation where we can expect a lot more oscillation, more violent swings between different administrations when it comes to the United States’ approach to its international role,” says Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

“That’s an international level manifestation of the Trump phenomenon.”