All the President's men. Leadership style, advisory system and Donald Trump's mixed record in foreign policy
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
All the President's men. Leadership style, advisory system and Donald Trump's mixed record in foreign policy / A. Carati, A. Locatelli. - In: GLOBAL POLICY. - ISSN 1758-5880. - (2022). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1111/1758-5899.13151]
Abstract:
Donald Trump was expected to dismantle the internationalist approach that has
dominated US foreign policy since the end of the Second World War. However,
his impact is narrower than is commonly supposed. In some areas, he was able
to generate some significant change, while in many others he failed to pursue
his revisionist agenda. This article explores the reasons for this surprising result
by investigating the relationship between Trump's leadership style and his
advisory system. Building on the model of Preston and t'Hart it elaborates a
new framework for presidents with leadership traits similar to Trump's, namely, a
high need for power, low conceptual complexity, and low experience. The model
presents two opposite ideal-types
of interaction between the President and their
advisory system –‘
presidential predominance’ vs. ‘presidential permissiveness’
–that
help us better understand how Trump failed in certain issue areas and
succeeded in others. The model is then tested on two case studies, one in which
the president failed and the other in which he achieved his goals. These are respectively
the cases of NATO and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Trump; US Foreign Policy; NATO; World Health Organization; Leadership Trait Analysis
Elenco autori:
A. Carati, A. Locatelli
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