Jan 24, 2019
Some say the United States is heading down a road toward
isolationism. In this episode, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss
the uncertain future of American global leadership with Ivo Daalder
and James Lindsay. They are authors of a new book: “The Empty
Thrown: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership.” Daalder and
Lindsay describe the key aspects of the rules-based international
order the United States helped to create after the unprecedented
destruction wrought by World War I and World War II. The guests
analyze how this order has largely endured, despite periods of
American foreign policy mistakes. They feel, however, that the
persistence of this order is not assured under President Trump.