New Publication: Liberal Internationalism and Partisan Conflict in the Post-Trump United States

01.06.2023

George Georgarakis and Robert Y. Shapiro published their essay "Liberal Internationalism and Partisan Conflict in the Post-Trump United States" in the new volume "Chaos Reconsidered: The Liberal Order and the Future of International Politics."

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They present partisan trends about how public opinion changed regarding U.S. foreign policy and international organizations, globalization and free trade, use of military force and U.S. bases abroad, allies and foreign aid, immigration and refugees, China, Russia, North Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Iran, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the rise of autocratic regimes.

The authors find mixed results about the state of liberal internationalism and the partisan conflict over it.  Americans express support for the basic tenets of liberal internationalism but there is partisan disagreement over the role of the U.S. in world affairs and defense spending. A large majority of Americans understand the need to coordinate domestic and foreign policy to secure the major role that the United States play in international arena but they do not want the U.S. to meddle with other countries or foreign powers to meddle with domestic affairs.