American Foreign Policy Is (Now) the Continuation of (Domestic) Politics by Other Ways
U.S. foreign policy no longer aims at the pursuit of a “national interest” and international goals based on merit, but is essentially a result of political calculus and electoral considerations. This reality is not new but has greatly increased under the presidency of Donald Trump. The question is whether President Biden can stop this trend. The short answer is no. Several domestic factors will affect American foreign policy and undermine hopes of a “return” of the United States as internationalist leader, the way it has been after the end of the Cold War. U.S. foreign policy is now clearly subject to the vagaries of domestic politics.