A Jacksonian approach to Trump's grand strategy on international system

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch

2 Ph.D. student of international relations, Islamic Azad University of Hamadan, Iran

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to explore and understand Trump's grand strategy for International System. Indeed the main argument here is: what is the relation between Trump's foreign strategy and the strategy followed so far, in different ways, by American former president? It is necessary to note that since world war II American grand strategy has been constituted on three pillars: firm military primacy hegemonic enlargement, support for free trade and promotion of democracy. These have been pursued, with vying degrees in operation and tactics, differently by American president. Among these, however, only military primacy is emphasized by Trump's and the other two are not considered as serving American interests and are cast away in different manners by Jackson there fore, the by pothesis in this study is that the foreign policy advocated by Trump does not serve parse American interests as constituted on the basis of Jacksonism in American leadership, support for free trade, and promotion of democracy for it fails internationalism and Wilsonism. The findings suggest that jacksonism most closely related to trump's foreign policy. This study seeks to explore the argument and the by pothesis in a descriptive analytical framework.

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