Call for papers | TRUMP’S AMERICA
President Donald J. Trump’s first term in office has forced a radical transformation in both international and domestic U.S. politics. His arrival at the White House in 2016, in line with the populist impulse repeated in all kinds of democratic systems, took place outside the traditional American political parameters based on consensus and the building of pluralistic coalitions of voters. In contrast, Trump has shown that in the current climate of disaffection and extreme political polarization, the U.S. Presidency can be won by cultivating only a certain sector of the American electorate.
On the domestic political front, President Trump has succeeded in redefining what is considered acceptable and unacceptable of a U.S. president, with an expansive view of executive powers and privileges. Subject to an impeachment process with insufficient votes in the Senate for his removal of office, Trump has capitalized on the crisis of mediation that exists in almost all Western democracies. In his case, this has meant permanent conflict, even during a crisis as serious as the COVID-19 pandemic, against his political opponents, government institutions, bureaucracy, experts, and the media.
On the domestic political front, President Trump has succeeded in redefining what is considered acceptable and unacceptable of a U.S. president, with an expansive view of executive powers and privileges. Subject to an impeachment process with insufficient votes in the Senate for his removal of office, Trump has capitalized on the crisis of mediation that exists in almost all Western democracies. In his case, this has meant permanent conflict, even during a crisis as serious as the COVID-19 pandemic, against his political opponents, government institutions, bureaucracy, experts, and the media.
In terms of foreign policy, President Trump has also posed a constant offensive front against the rules of the liberal international order, ironically established under U.S. leadership after World War II. Within this redefinition of the role of the United States in the world, the Trump Administration has promoted foreign policy that is subordinated to more pragmatic unilateralism, questioning everything from traditional alliances to international free trade. “America First” as a foreign policy doctrine has meant a step back in the global prestige of the United States and the de facto renunciation of that international leadership that has characterized the so-called Pax Americana.
In its mission to address the most relevant matters related to the field of International Relations, Comillas Journal of International Relations aims to open a space for reflection on all these matters, and it invites scholars and specialists to participate in a monographic issue dedicated to this topic. The journal publishes contributions both in English and Spanish.
While this is not an exhaustive list, we invite contributions dealing with the following matters:
- American Foreign Policy under Trump and International Relations Theories.
- The Trump’s Administration and the International Liberal Order.
- The bilateral Spain-U.S. relationship since 2016.
- The Populist Challenge to Bureaucracy and Expertise in American Foreign Policy.
- United States vs. China. Thucydides’ Wishful Thinking.
- The Art of the Bluff and Fake Force as Tools for Trump’s Foreign Policy.
- “America First” and the Role of the United States in the World.
- International Trade as a zero-sum Game.
- The Tolerant Affinity with the Growing Autocrats Around the World.
- The Wall, Immigration, Refugees and Human Rights under the Trump Administration.
- President Trump and Europe: from NATO to Brexit.
- Trumpism in the Middle East.
- The “Special relationship” with Russia.
- The Transformation of the U.S. Presidency under Donald J. Trump.
- Populism Impact in American Politics.
- Political Polarization and Trump’s Failed Impeachment.
- Rule of Law, Truth and Ethics in the White House./li>
- President Trump’s Management of the COVID-19 Crisis.
- The Revolution in American Political Communication.
- Fake News: Mediation’s Crisis and the Media as the Enemy of the People.
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