[Lecture] American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
• Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 14:00-15:30
• Venue: 214, International Hall, Korea University
• Lecturer: John J. Mearsheimer (University of Chicago)
• Organized by: Korea University Political Science & International Relations Department, Peace and Democracy Institute
In a lecture titled “American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump,” Professor Mearsheimer explores US foreign policy in terms of Candidate Trump, President Trump, and “The Blob” – Democrats and Republicans with a similar foreign policy outlook -. Candidate Trump was elected, but professor insisted that Blob’s claim has prevailed in US foreign policy, at least to the present, since becoming president. He argued that Trump also did not make any major changes to its foreign policy and criticized China for failing to prevent its expansion. In the Q & A process, He expected that North Korea has little chance of giving up its nuclear program and expressed skepticism about the North American summit.
