| ID | 195539 |
| Title Proper | Three Illusions of US Foreign Policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Grygiel, Jakub |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The United States, and more broadly, the West, is prone to be surprised. We are surprised by China’s pursuit of hegemony through economic and military means; by Russia’s engaging in the largest conventional war in Europe since 1945; by the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. We think that economic sanctions will fundamentally alter the calculus of our enemies—even deter a potential attack—and we are puzzled when they do not. The recent streak of surprises is not a fluke of history, an unlucky combination of events. This article contends that our surprise is due to a series of illusions that characterize our foreign policy vision. These illusions stem from a mistaken series of assumptions about the causes of political order and about the drivers of political behavior. |
| `In' analytical Note | Orbis Vol. 68, No.2; Spring 2024: p.328-347 |
| Journal Source | Orbis 2024-04 68, 2 |
| Key Words | European Union ; United States ; China ; United Kingdom ; US Foreign Policy ; Three Illusions |