The Disastrous era of Trump's Foreign policy.
The Disastrous era of Trump's Foreign policy.
While impeachment has been dominating the headlines, we are missing a set of stories about U.S. foreign policy that might prove equally consequential. The Trump administration has been doubling down on a policy of unilateralism and isolationism — a combination that is furthering the abdication of American leadership and the creation of a much more unstable world.
U.S. foreign policy that might prove equally consequential. The Trump administration has been doubling down on a policy of unilateralism and isolationism — a combination that is furthering the abdication of American leadership and the creation of a much more unstable world.
U.S. policy toward the three rogue regimes that have consumed so much of the administration’s attention. In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro is entrenching himself for the long haul, and Trump’s threats to use force to bring about regime change have been exposed as cheap bluster. Similarly, in North Korea, the president’s mix of maximum pressure and maximum engagement has failed to deliver progress toward denuclearization, leaving him clinging to the fantasy that he has solved that problem even as Pyongyang improves its nuclear and missile arsenals. And in the Persian Gulf, Trump’s abandonment of the Iran nuclear deal has backfired: Iran responded to American sanctions with its own maximum pressure campaign, attacking tankers in the Gulf, downing a U.S. drone, and carrying out a dramatic assault on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure. The resulting crisis has rattled the global oil market and revealed that Trump had little desire for the showdown his confrontational policies were bound to provoke. His administration is now torn between efforts to intensify the pressure on Iran and Trump’s own desire to launch negotiations to bring Tehran back into the compliance with the deal he scuttled.
China was America’s primary long-term rival. Unfortunately, he’s pursued that goal in a singularly inept way. He started off by unilaterally abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral trade deal that would benefited the U.S. economy in several ways and strengthened its strategic position in Asia. Russia and China are rogue regimes whose actions are destroying the rules-based international system the United States built and maintained over the past 75 years. And those countries have certainly engaged in actions that are illiberal and irresponsible. But the greatest threat to the liberal international order right now is surely the Trump administration, which is systematically weakening the alliances that have maintained peace and stability and rejecting the rules and norms that have helped set some standards in international life.
The administration threatened economic war with our European allies this has diminished US credibility and endangering US alliances with other Nations. Donald Trump has managed to weaken ties with key allies without reducing U.S. burdens. Trump’s tariffs have rocked the free-trade system, perhaps irretrievably. president himself seems to be more interested in debunked conspiracies than in developing and pursuing a coherent and successful foreign policy.
President Trump is wrong to precipitously withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria. That doesn’t mean he’s wrong about his overall point that the United States is involved in too many conflicts that are peripheral to our national security. Trump’s withdrawal is unpredictable for all the reasons the foreign policy establishment says it is.
On Trump's withdrawal of forces from Syria : President Donald Trump abrupt withdrawal of forces from Syria and Afghanistan is s a catastrophic mistake. dramatic policy turnaround will hurt U.S. counterterror operations, diminish its influence on the ground, and bolster freedom of movement for Iran and remaining Islamic State, or ISIS, militants in Syria as this decision virtually reassures the reemergence of ISIS which is a global threat to world. U.S. withdrawal should embolden Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Iranian and Russian backers, giving them the freedom to shape Syria's future themselves while emboldening some of America’s most threatening enemies. We should not and cannot allow ISIS to breathe at this critical point or we will jeopardize the significant gains we have made... and risk allowing ISIS to resurge.
On Abandoning Kurds : The United States should not abandon allies such as the Kurds, especially when that ally has done the bulk of the hard and costly ground war against the Islamic State. The Kurds have accused Trump of a gross betrayal. U.S. officials acknowledge that but also say it was unavoidable in the face of Erdogan’s determination to go after the Kurds, whom Turkey accuses of being terrorists and a severe threat. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake.
On Afghanistan peace deal :
Negotiations with the Taliban aimed at withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan have been hit with fits and starts. Washington's intention to withdraw around 7,000 U.S. soldiers from Afghanistan could embolden local militant groups such as the Taliban.
Should the Taliban strengthen its grip there, its influence could subsequently spread to neighboring Pakistan and Kashmir, which would be bad news for South Asia. U.S. is giving up almost all possibility to have a say in upcoming peace negotiations regarding the Afghanistan conflict,
All have been punctuated by abrupt shifts that have frustrated and alienated friends and allies, confused foes and rivals and left the impression that “America First” really does.
On Denuclearization of North Korea : ith the shakedown in Ukraine and betrayal of the Kurds in Northern Syrian, another foreign policy failure went by without notice: the complete breakdown of talks between U.S. and North Korean diplomats on North Korea’s denuclearization. At first, Trump’s approach was to engage in a grand bargain, a willingness to embrace the North Korean leader by lifting all sanctions against that country in return for complete denuclearization. Those grand thoughts have given way to a more incremental and much more familiar process of going step by step. But even that has yielded little in the way of concrete actions primarily because the North Koreans have essentially refused to give up nuclear weapons.
At a time of great upheaval, even a superpower needs allies. Trump’s public attacks on allied leaders; unilateral abandonment of international agreements; and punitive tariffs against close U.S. allies have weakened the relationships that Washington will need to confront short-term crises like the one in the Persian Gulf as well as grave longer-term threats from China and Russia.
The Trump administration has maneuvered itself into diplomatic cul-de-sacs with Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. It has undermined its own efforts to end the war in Afghanistan. The economic damage from Trump’s trade war with China is mounting, and Beijing shows few signs of giving in. At the same time, the president’s laceration of alliances leaves the United States weaker and more isolated.
Trump’s most disruptive impulses. In 2018, Trump broke free, installing more pliant advisers and pursuing his own policy priorities—such as withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and imposing punitive tariffs on allies. The current year, 2019, has been the year of living dangerously, as Trump’s ill-considered and sometimes contradictory policies have started to catch up with him.
U.S. foreign policy under Trump does not appear to have a consistent logic. Trump has promised to put “America First,” and pursued that end in a variety of ways. At the same time, he has stocked his Cabinet with hawkish interventionists. While adopting a more unilateralist approach, Trump has neglected the institutions that help formulate and execute U.S. foreign policy. Trump never take a comprehensive approach to solve big international problems or advance U.S. national interests more broadly consisting of policymaking—setting objectives and priorities, connecting goals to capabilities, realistically assessing U.S. competitors as well as the geopolitical environment, negotiating in a systematic and disciplined manner. Trump is presiding over an incompetent and chaotic foreign-policy machinery.
US should take the holistic approach to remain committed to multilateralism, cooperation of sovereign States to maintain peace and security, advance sustainable development and ensure the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and build a brighter shared future for the international community. We reaffirm our commitment to helping overcome the significant challenges currently facing multilateralism, as well as upholding the central role of the UN in international affairs and respecting international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, its purposes and principles.
USA should take into the consideration to the importance of respecting the rule of International Law, strengthening the United Nations and the Security Council and prioritizing the exercise of diplomacy as a means to maintain international peace and security. They reaffirmed the need to combat threats to international peace and security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and peaceful settlement of disputes by reaffirming the commitment to the principles of good-faith, sovereign equality of States, non-intervention in matters within the domestic jurisdiction of any State, and the duty to cooperate, consistently with the Charter of the UN. Implementation of these principles excludes imposition of coercive measures not based on international law.
US should maintain good establishment of relations with other countries with the great progress the United States and world have made in advancing their strategic partnership to meet the international challenges of the 21st century. countries are linked by a deep commitment to freedom and democracy; a celebration of national diversity, protection of human rights and innovation, a quest to expand international peace and prosperity and economic opportunity worldwide; and a desire to increase mutual global security against the common threats posed by intolerance, terrorism, and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The successful transformation of the U.S.-world relationship will have a decisive and positive influence on the future international system as it evolves in this new century.