Lyndon Johnson Confronts the World: American Foreign Policy, 1963-1968

On April 30 the United States and the World marked the 100th day in office of Donald Trump as President of the United States. The first 100 days are considered as a key indicator of the fortunes for a new President’s program. This article briefly reviews the 2016 campaign and election, the 11 week transition period, his first 100 days, a brief examination of both American-Russian relations and Sino-American relations, and lastly, what the future bodes for each under a Trump Presidency. The 100 Day period has been chaotic, shifting, and at times incoherent. He has made 180 degree shifts toward many major issues, including Russia and China, which has only confused numerous world leaders, including Presidents Putin and Xi. There has been a definite disconnection between what Trump says about Russia, and what his advisors and cabinet officials say. So far Trump has conducted a highly personalized and transactional foreign policy. All is up for negotiation at this a huge turning point in American foreign policy, the greatest one since 1945. Given all the world’s instabilities today, a rapprochement between the United States and Russia is a truly worthwhile objective, and should be strongly pursued.

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The world public opinion towards the American foreign policy of presidents of the United States of North America in the years 2001–2016

100-lecie polskiej Policji - Studia Politologiczne ◽

10.33896/spolit.2021.60.9 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 163-184

Author(s):

Przemysław Potocki

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Public Opinion ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

World System ◽

The United States ◽

Political Activity ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

The Usa

The article is based on an analysis of certain aspects of how the public opinion of selected nations in years 2001–2016 perceived the American foreign policy and the images of two Presidents of the United States (George W. Bush, Barack Obama). In order to achieve these research goals some polling indicators were constructed. They are linked with empirical assessments related to the foreign policy of the U.S. and the political activity of two Presidents of the United States of America which are constructed by nations in three segments of the world system. Results of the analysis confirmed the research hypotheses. The position of a given nation in the structure of the world system influenced the dynamics of perception and the directions of empirical assessments (positive/negative) of that nation’s public opinion about the USA.

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Sucker Nation and Santa Claus

Architects of Occupation ◽

10.7591/cornell/9781501703089.003.0006 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Dayna L. Barnes

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

Second World War ◽

World War ◽

Santa Claus ◽

National Debate ◽

The World ◽

Second World ◽

Important Shift ◽

Dominant Paradigm

This chapter focuses on the wartime congressional experience, which reflected an important shift in American foreign policy. During the Second World War, support for deep American engagement with the world, once confined to a narrow circle of internationalist elites, replaced isolationism as the dominant paradigm in American political discourse. The long debates and introduction of bills on postwar foreign policy in Congress during the summer and fall of 1943 revealed a sea change toward congressional support for an active postwar foreign policy and extensive commitments around the world. This change in Congress reflected the shift in American opinion as the isolationists and noninterventionists lost the national debate on the country's future.

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Nixon's Grand Design

Worldview ◽

10.1017/s0084255900012195 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 9-11

Author(s):

Donald Brandon

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

World War Ii ◽

Soviet Union ◽

Significant Role ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

Pearl Harbor ◽

World War ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

The World ◽

Grand Design

For a generation now, America has played a significant role in world affairs. Until Pearl Harbor a reluctant belligerent in World War II, this country was also slow to respond to the challenge of the Soviet Union in the immediate aftermath of that gigantic conflict. But for almost twenty-five years American Presidents have been more or less guided by the policy of “containment.” Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson all introduced variations on the multiple themes of the policy adopted by Harry Truman. Yet each concluded that the world situation allowed no reasonable alternative to an activist American foreign policy in most areas of the globe.

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