Debates From The Observatory: US Foreign Policy

Some programs ago we were judging Donald Trump’s period in office, so now we will focus our attention on one specific aspect of it: US foreign policy in the last four years. It is obvious that the country has shifted from an interventionist role in foreign affairs to a more isolationist position, clearly inspired by classic realism, which can be summed up in the president’s leitmotiv: “America first”. Is this the proper way to deal with international affairs, in an era of growing globalisation? Or, on the contrary, is globalization just a way of losing political independence? To help us come to a useful conclusion, Kevin K. Mugabe, Jorge Moreno, and Miguel A. Sisamon will discuss with us the implications of isolationism and interventionism.