Comparing the Role of Obama and Trump in the US Foreign Policy Approach to the International System

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Mohammadreza Jalali Barenji ¹ , Bahram Yousefi ² , Rouhollah Shahabi ³ , hamed Ameri ZGholstani ⁴

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

Received: 2022-10-13 Accepted : 2023-05-23 Published : 2023-04-21

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

Abstract :

This article compares the role of Obama and Trump in the US foreign policy approach to the international system; In the Obama administration, the use of all components of power and not only militarism was used. While Trump's foreign policy has axes such as power-seeking, nationalism or protectionism, and opposition to the promotion of democracy in the world, in this framework, power-oriented becomes important in American foreign policy. This article is responsible for answering the question, what was the foreign policy approach of the United States of America in restraining the great powers during the presidency of Obama and Trump? In response to this question, the hypothesis of the article is that what differentiates presidents from each other is only in relation to their management methods and priorities and their perception of the quality of the US foreign policy approach to the international system.