US Foreign Policy Beyond 2025

Abstract

Every four years often signals change in American politics whether the incumbent president is re-elected or there is partisan turnover in the White House. While individuals change and pursue their campaign promises with their own style and appointees, there is much continuity across administrations. Longstanding security commitments in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East with bipartisan agreement on national interests, the sclerotic structure of the Executive Branch, plus congressional, judicial, and international limits imposed on the presidency prevent wholesale change in American foreign policy. Simply, one cannot understand international politics without understanding intranational politics.