A Comparative Analysis of American Policy Towards International System: With emphasis on presidents Obama and Trump

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Mohammad Reza Jalali ¹ , bahram yousefi ² , Rouhollah Shahabi ³ , Hamed Ameri Golestani ⁴

1 - Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran Department of Political Sciences, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2021-02-14 Accepted : 2021-07-29 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Foreign policy, Obama, Trump, International system, individual variable,

Abstract :

This article looks at America's policy regarding international system during Obama and Trump presidency. This research tries to answer the question as to what role did the "individual"variables(Obama and Trump)play in America's approach towards international system, and how influential they were? In answering this question, therefore, the hypothesis of the article is:" given the deciding role of presidents in American foreign policy making; and also the difference in terms of thought and outlook bye the two presidents, the " individual" variable has had a great influence on America's approach to international system. The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to which the "individual" factor influences the US approach to the international system and the scientific and realistic knowledge of Obama and Trump's personality traits and their impact on US foreign policy and the US approach to the international system. Based on the findings of the article, it can be said that the role and influence of individual variables in the foreign policy of this country has been high at this time; So that their foreign policy was due to the fact that they were two different and somewhat contradictory personalities, which originated mainly from their individual characteristics.

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