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Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy - with Walter Russell Mead

2025/1/30
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This chapter analyzes the seemingly contradictory aspects of Trump's foreign policy, touching upon his approaches to Iran, Palestine, China, and Russia. It explores the idea that Trump uses calculated 'theater' to consolidate his power and influence global perceptions.
  • Trump's foreign policy appears contradictory, with simultaneous openness to deals and unexpected toughness.
  • His actions are analyzed through the lens of theatrical political strategy aimed at solidifying his power.
  • The chapter explores Trump's approach to Russia, contrasting it with perceptions of him being pro-Putin.
  • Trump's negotiation style involves portraying worst-case scenarios and then offering a seemingly favorable deal.

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As Israelis continue to observe the implementation of the hostage deal, we sat down with Walter Russell Mead for a conversation about U.S. foreign policy under the new Trump administration. How do we make sense of the president’s approach as he enters his new administration? What are the implications  - both for the Middle East and other geopolitical hotspots? And, where does the hostage/ceasefire deal fit in this new and larger geopolitical context?

 

Walter Russell Mead is the “Global View” columnist at the Wall Street Journal. He is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. He was previously the Henry Kissinger fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. 

 

He is also a prolific author. His most recent book is -- The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People, which you order here – https://a.co/d/3J67FYL)

 

CREDITS:

 

ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor

 

MARTIN HUERGO - Editor

 

REBECCA STROM - Director of Operations

 

STAV SLAMA - Researcher 

 

GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research Intern