Donald Trump's Economic Nationalism and the Networked Approach to US Foreign Policy

Subject Areas : International Relations

hossein deheshyar ¹ , seyed amir sina nourani ²

1 - استاد روابط بین‌الملل، گروه روابط بین‌الملل دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی، تهران، ایران
2 - Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaei University Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-06-17 Accepted : 2020-06-17 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: World Economy, Bilateralism, International system, Economic Nationalism, Networked approach,

Abstract :

The U.S has turned to economic nationalism with Trump's inception that poses many risks to economic liberal order; however, this decision has its own reasons. So the main question of this study is, what are the reasons for Trump's adoption of nationalist economic policies? The hypothesis is that, according to networked approach in US foreign policy, Trump's adoption of nationalist economic policies in the domestic dimension is due to the attraction and retention of his supporters who have widespread fears of the dangers of the current world economic order and have suffered many losses. They are considered to be a loser. Also on the foreign side, the rise of emerging economic powers and the threat of a US economic position that will extend to other sectors in the long run are another reason for adopting these policies. The purpose of this study is to clearly explain the reasons for Trump's adoption of economic nationalism based on networked approach in US foreign policy. Trump has won by linking economic nationalism with conservatism. On the other hand, he has turned to economic nationalism due to US economic challenges and slowing growth of other countries, especially China, which is expected to surpass the US by 2030.

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