Bush and Trump's Inspirational Pattern in Building Nation and Promoting Democracy

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Alireza Mashoori ¹ ( )
Rouhollah Shahabi ² ( )
Bahram Yousefi ³ ( )
Fereydoun Akbarzadeh ⁴ ( )

Received: 2020-06-17 Accepted : 2020-06-17 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Foreign policy, democracy, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Global Example,

Abstract :

  Alireza Mashoori[1], Rouhollah Shahabi*[2], Bahram Yousefi[3], Fereydoun Akbarzadeh[4] Abstract: Leo Strauss's ideas have had a profound impact on US foreign policy. One of his most important ideas is his views on despotism and the political regime, which emerged in the Bush administration with the idea of regime change in Iraq. The United States has a global mission to promote American values and democracy. This global mission in the Bush administration was interventionist and militaristic. But Trump believes America's position internationally weakened and that the domestic situation is unfavorable. Trump sees the situation as a result of foreign intervention. Trump seeks to change US policies to return to his former position, the changes that Trump's Strauss supporters compare with regime change. Bush seeks interventionism, but Trump uses modeling to promote America to a stance as an example to be emulated. [1] . PhD student, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran, [e-mail] [2] . Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran, Corresponding Author, [e-mail] [3] . Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran, [e-mail] [4] . Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran, [e-mail]