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In just one year, the Trump administration has changed almost everything about how the United States conducts its foreign policy - the nature of its trade relationships, how it manages its alliances, and where, how, and for what purposes it uses military force. This talk will examine these shifts and assess the strategic logic that connects them. It will also explore how these changes fit within longer-standing debates about America’s global role, and consider what these developments mean for U.S. power, credibility, and purpose in the international system.

Melanie W. Sisson is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program’s Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology where her current work focuses on U.S. nuclear strategy and the role of nuclear weapons in foreign policy. Author of many books her latest is “The United States, China and the Competition for Control” that considers whether the United States and the People's Republic of China have irreconcilable visions of world order. She has an M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D from the University of Colorado.