A Trump Doctrine? by Michelle Bentley, Adam Lerner - 9781032364773

Taylor & Francis

A Trump Doctrine?Unpredictability and Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Michelle Bentley, Adam Lerner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032364773, 978-1032364773\nSynopsis\nUS President Donald Trumps foreign policy doctrine is the subject of vast debate. Analysts and practitioners routinely disagree as to what ideology and thinking informed his foreign policy approach and even whether Trump was politically capable of formulating a doctrine at all. This book explores one specific line of analysis, which deals with the concept of what has been termed the doctrine of unpredictability.\n\nTrump has repeatedly declared that being unpredictable comprises the ideal approach to foreign policy for a state leader. Never be predictable; never let others know what you will do next. The contributors to this volume consider whether a conception of unpredictability did inform Trumps foreign policy as a coherent doctrine. Yet this book.