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Rethinking isolationism

A talk with Charles Kupchan on US Foreign Policy
book by Charles Kupchan Isolationism
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With the election of Joe Biden and his promise of a ‘return to American leadership’, ‘America First’ Trump-style is over. What are the implications? In this webinar, Charles Kupchan, Professor at Georgetown University and previous member of the National Security Council in the Obama White House, presents his newly published book Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (Oxford University Press, 2020), arguing how and why the United States must “rediscover the history of isolationism and apply its lessons, shrinking its footprint abroad and bringing its foreign commitments back into line with its means and purposes”. Following Kupchan’s talk, a broad panel of DIIS-scholars responds, posing questions from the context of a Europe, whose ideological orientations and geopolitical alliances too are in flux.

Read more about Professor Kupchan’s new book 'Isolationism'.
Or, read a shorter version of his argument in the September 2020 issue of the Atlantic.

Speakers
Charles Kupchan, Professor at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations

Stefano Guzzini, Professor, Uppsala University and Senior Researcher, DIIS
Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme
16.00-16.10   Welcome and introduction, Stefano Guzzini
16.10-16.40   Rethinking Isolationism: American Foreign Policy Past, Present, Future, Charles Kupchan
16.40-17.35   Panel Q & A with Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Vibeke Schou Tjalve & Stefano Guzzini
17.35-17.55   Audience Q & A with Charles Kupchan

17.55-18.00   Closing Remarks, Stefano Guzzini

Recorded Monday 7 December 2020, 16.00-18.00.

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7 December 2020 16:00–18:00

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 Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard
Foreign policy and diplomacy
Senior Researcher
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