Denial and rejection : international law and donald trump’s foreign policy agenda

Other Title(s)

الإنكار و الرفض : القانون الدولي و أجندة السياسة الخارجية لدونالد ترامب

Author

al-Shudayfat, Shadi Adnan

Source

University of Sharjah Journal of Law Sciences

Issue

Vol. 17, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.28-76, 49 p.

Publisher

University of Sharjah

Publication Date

2020-12-31

Country of Publication

United Arab Emirates

No. of Pages

49

Main Subjects

Law

Abstract EN

Since Trump’s Administration took office, this elusory question has haunted most issues in the international law.

So far, the Trump Administration has been in office for a little over forty-four months, a tumultuous period that has disrupted international law and international politics.

Another looming question is whether the Trump Administration’s many initiatives will permanently change the nature of America’s foreign policy? In particular, this paper will discuss Trump’s foreign policy, since his emerging philosophy seems to be a general rejection of the Obama approach: not “engage-translate-leverage,” but rather, “disengage black hole-hard power.” Wherever possible, the Trump instinct seems to be to disengage-unilateralism or, as he calls it, “America First.” The United States of America and Trump are sturdy actors in the making and unmaking of international law.

But the basic idea underlying international law is that international law is no longer just for nation-states or national governments.

What Jeremy Bentham once called “inter-national law”, the law between and among sovereign nations, has evolved into a hybrid body of international and domestic law developed by a large number of public and private transnational actors.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Shudayfat, Shadi Adnan. 2020. Denial and rejection : international law and donald trump’s foreign policy agenda. University of Sharjah Journal of Law Sciences،Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.28-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315515

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Shudayfat, Shadi Adnan. Denial and rejection : international law and donald trump’s foreign policy agenda. University of Sharjah Journal of Law Sciences Vol. 17, no. 2 (Dec. 2020), pp.28-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315515

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Shudayfat, Shadi Adnan. Denial and rejection : international law and donald trump’s foreign policy agenda. University of Sharjah Journal of Law Sciences. 2020. Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.28-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315515

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes in-text citations.

Record ID

BIM-1315515