Foreign Policy Issues for America

Richard W. Mansbach is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.James M. McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University.

• PART I. Introduction 1. America’s decline, President Donald Trump, and the global liberal order 2. American foreign policy making: Institutions and individuals in the Trump administrationPART II. Regional issues3. A poor China might be more dangerous than a rich China4. Expanding Chinese influence and China-United States relations5. Realpolitik: United States-Russian relations and the emerging political order6. The Arctic: An emerging area of conflict7. The winds of change: Europe and the United States8. Crossing borders: United States foreign policy in Latin America9. America and the Middle EastPART III. Functional Issues10. Nuclear weapons: A new arms race?11. America’s energy transition and the global environment: Paradigm shift and policy challenges 12. Trump and terrorism: A major focus of foreign policy13. Failed and fragile states: The unfinished agenda 14. Is weak cyber security an existential threat?15. Trump’s challenges in international political economy PART IV. Conclusions16. Prospects for America: An eroding global order and American decline?

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