Canada relies on established norms, rules and institutions to make the world stable. These concepts would be a great risk if Donald Trump made good on threats to disregard NATO.
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Trump’s keynote address in Davos struck a discordant note with many of those in attendance, including this one.
Trump’s ‘America first’ rhetoric implies that the internationalism and ‘enlightened self-interest’ that built the postwar order was a big mistake. The evidence and basic economics disagree.
The US has never been opposed to international engagement, or even international co-operation – but it must always be co-operation on American terms.
Policymakers need to think outside the narrow confines of what has been regarded as “America first” policy postures that have dictated Australia’s foreign policy choices.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Director of Shoah Foundation, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College