03 Feb Two Theories of American Power: Why Biden and Trump National Security Strategies Represent Irreconcilable Worldviews
By, Jaime (Jim) Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Key Takeaways Coalitional realignment, protectionist working-class Republicans versus globalized professional Democrats, makes electoral incentives reward divergence over compromise, rendering reconciliation politically impossible. Biden and Trump embody irreconcilable theories of American power that mutually cannot coexist. Predictable four-to-eight-year strategic oscillation constitutes America's primary competitive...