Trump reboots the US foreign-policy debate

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Trump reboots the US foreign-policy debate
His "America First" message is one of nationalism, not globalism
By Leon Hadar
Published originally in the Business Times of Singapore
Mr Trump is confident that Americans, tired of military interventions that go nowhere and of trade deals that rob them of jobs, would be drawn to his nationalist diatribe. PHOTO: AFP
APR 29, 20165:50 AM
Washington
SINCE the end of the 1960s, when American military intervention in Southeast Asia triggered a long and bitter public debate, students of American politics and US foreign policy seemed to be operating based on the following axiom:
The Democratic Party and the liberal politicians and intellectuals who embodied its values were representative of a school of thought that advocated foreign-policy restraint and placed emphasis on resolving international crises through the use of diplomatic means, as opposed to military force.
Republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, embraced a foreign-policy agenda that accentuated the need to maintain a strong US defence posture and apply it, if necessary, in response to national-security threats, recognising that diplomacy worked only if it was backed by military force. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-reboots-us-foreign-policy-debate-leon-hadar?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish