American Foreign Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election

Abstract

With less than three weeks until the 2020 United States Presidential Election, Professor Bruce Jentleson examines foreign policy issues that may bear significantly on the outcome. Amidst a context of key issues including climate change, relations with China and the COVID-19 crisis, this upcoming election has the potential to pivot American foreign policy for decades. Professor Jentleson shows that beyond specific election issues, and irrespective of who wins, there are deeper political dynamics of political disequilibrium, swirling societal forces, and an ‘apart-atop-amidst’ historical shift in America’s position in the world.