This book analyzes the transformations and consistencies of American leadership during the past few years and situates recent American foreign policy in a longer time frame, following the 2020 presidential election and after a full year of the Biden Administration. This longer and broader view by European and American academics and experts considers both shifting American policies, notably during Trump's presidency, and underlying trends that have often gone ignored compared to the more dramatic antics of the 45th president. It helps decode recent American policy and permits us to consider possible new directions and likely continuities under Democratic leadership.

Analyzes the transformations and consistencies of American leadership Situates recent American foreign policy in a longer time frame Includes contributions from leading international thinkers in American Studies

Autorentext

Michael Stricof is Associate Professor of American Studies at Aix-Marseille University, France.

Isabelle Vagnoux is Professor of U.S. History and Politics at Aix-Marseille University, France.

Inhalt

1. Leading on 'Values'?: American Liberal Internationalism, 1918-2022, Tony Smith.- 2. Who Recognizes? US Nuclear Diplomacy and the Conferral of Legitimacy, Sidra Hamidi.- 3. US Leadership in Cyberspace in the Age of Great Power Competition, Frédérick Douzet and Stéphane Taillat.- 4. Defining Strategy and Maintaining Allies for Great Power Competition: Independent Leadership in the Department of Defense, Michael Stricof.- 5. Competing for Leadership: Europe's Choices in the Sino-American Geo-economic Rivalry , Josef Braml.- 6. Leader, Regulatory Laggard? **Washington and the Shifting Governance of Digital Trade, Jean-Baptiste Velut.- 7. Can the United States Lead on Climate? A Realist Perspective on US Climate Leadership, Jean-Daniel Collomb.- 8. We Will Remain a Pacific Power: America's Self-Proclaimed Destiny in the Asia-Pacific Region, Robert J. McMahon.- 9. The Never-Ending Problem: The Middle East in US policy, Marina Ottaway.- 10. What is Left of US Leadership in the Americas?, Isabelle Vagnoux.