Investigating the US government's strategy of presence in Eurasia during the Trump era

Subject Areas : International Relations

Mousa  Shaeri Karimi ¹ (Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran)
Hossein  karimifard ² (Department of political science)
Hamed  Ameri Golestani ³ (Department of Political Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran)
Hamed  Mohagheghnia ⁴ (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran)

Received: 2023-03-11 Accepted : 2023-12-20 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: Foreign policy, China, Eurasia, US, Trump,

Abstract :

Eurasia includes the two continents of Europe&Asia.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seems that the current world order, which was previously unilaterally determined by the United States for years, has faced serious challenges with the rise of China.America has always been a powerful geopolitical actor in the region, which has been able to shape its relations with its partners considering its national interests.The policy of the Donald Trump administration towards Eurasia has been accompanied by an approach based on pure pragmatism.The interests of the US government in this region mainly include the problem of fighting terrorism, strengthening regional security and regional integration, energy and economicaspects,as well as the alternating restraint of two influential players inEurasia,China&Russia.In addition,the results of the research show that Trump failed to advance American policies in Eurasia because he could not find a strong arm for the United States.The reason for this failure can also be seen from the relative independence of Eurasian countries from world powers and from the other hand the geographical distance between America&Eurasia, because although Eurasian countries have maintained their independence from America and China, they paid more attention to China and Trump Giving them to America was not very successful.