To the Point
One administration, many foreign policy voices
Since World War II, the US has dominated the West, and claimed to champion liberal democracy in the rest of the world. But, in the month since Donald Trump was inaugurated, American foreign policy has changed… or has it? We look for answers.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: President Trump announces H.R. McMaster as his National Security Advisor, February 20, 2017
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