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Is America Becoming Isolationist?

2024/3/1
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Foreign Policy Live

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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ annual survey) of American voters shows that for the first time in nearly 50 years, a majority of Republicans prefer an isolationist approach to foreign policy. Before the Trump presidency, the Republican Party was more likely to support an active U.S. presence in the world.

Former U.S. ambassador to NATO and the CEO of the Chicago Council Ivo Daalder joins Ravi Agrawal to discuss the survey and what it could mean for the 2024 election. You can listen to Daalder’s podcast, “World Review,” here).

Suggested reading:

Survey: Majority of Trump Republicans Prefer the United States Stay Out of World Affairs)

Edward Alden: A Self-Absorbed America Means Disorder for the World)

Doug Klain: How Europe Can Prepare for a Second Trump Term—Now)

Anna Merlan: Trump’s International Fan Club Descends on Maryland)

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