Saturday 11 June 2016

Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton; a chauvinist and globalist perspective.




US foreign policy structure from the decades is wavered between the two major concepts of isolationism and interventionism. When we look at the past policies of presidential order of US, Bush went for engaging in the world politics and interventionist outlook, while in the presidential tenure of Barack Obama, important stand point was back to the normalization to withdraw America from Wars and focus on American domestic and international progress.  US is in the phase of semi isolationism for 8 year as in the tenure of Barack Obama. So, the important question arises here is, of what policies the coming presidency will imply in the America foreign policy structure? The important and expected candidates for the presidential campaign would be Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The prognosticators are focusing on explaining the tough campaign and foreign policy perspective of both candidates on different viewpoints. One of the important lenses through which we can judge the role of both participants in formulating the foreign policy structure of US is, their electoral agendas in this serious tremor. Over the years, the individual personalities and interests of American Presidents have molded the American image. For the formulation of important analytical base one of the aspects that is visible in their foreign policy is of chauvinism or nationalism vs. globalization.
When we look at the perspective of globalists, they are concerned with the humanitarian impulsion and self-generating power for the progress of American people.  This self-generating power system through deceits and ruse though embraced the universal policies of cooperation and coordination but leads towards aggressive strains and impulse of domination in the world order. On the other side, nationalists focus on the self-interest of the nation and don’t want to involve in other matters by dominating the world proceedings. The concept of self-development and national interest is their main agenda.  They want their country to be more powerful and don’t care about the fate of other people fraught around until and unless their fate is linked with their national interest.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both, to some extent are portraying the agenda of chauvinism and globalism. Donald Trump in his speeches focuses on realistic point of view towards world and considers the national interest and isolationist agenda for the establishment and rule of America.  Safeguarding US and providing policies like closing borders, economic sanctions on China, taking actions against Muslim and immigrants, these all policies somehow show the nationalist agenda of Trump. Trump wants US to go back to partial isolationism and secure its objective. he focuses on diplomatic cut down and serious sanction rather than military intervention and he doesn’t care about the world stance towards his agenda and he is considering  hard core policies to keep America as single major power of the world.
Trump policies are nationalist in their look as trump wants his country to be powerful and with plenty of military reach.  He doesn’t care about the fate of other states which are struggling around. Major issue that is overturning the whole outlook of trump policies is that rich political neophytes are also anti globalist and this factor promotes the agenda of nationalism and strengthens the base of Trump in business sector of America.
One of the perspectives that is built about Hillary Clinton on the other side, is of her hawkish policies but when we look at her involvement in Middle Eastern issues North Korean negotiation and Iran nuclear deal and moves in the South China sea, they clearly depict her engagement in the world through soft power, economic cooperation and diplomacy by secrete and direct means.  Mrs. Clinton has more of the globalist agenda and focusing on the underlying correctness in political and economic terms.  She more focuses towards continuation of Obama policies in more globalist manner as in the new world order according to globalist states, which are focusing on internationalist outlook to peruse their objectives. Hillary Clinton on one hand is focusing on domestic build up to strengthen her political identity and on the other hand she is working brilliantly with globalist agenda of chasing masses of money throughout the world to support her ongoing political mechanism in terms of soft power stance.
Both of the participants of American election campaign are showing two different outlook towards American’s coming foreign policy structure. Understanding the demographic structure of both participants, they have to look at the frustration with the economic and political system in the past years and need to consider the corporations, unions and institutional society to vote for them. Both having different perspective of conservative and unconventional attitude but they need to look at the ideological terms to strengthen their position.
Just along with xenophobic agenda Trump cannot sustain the image of America in the world system as world is now a cosmopolitan society and with these aggressive policies Trump has raised the concern of world in terms of economics and politics. Hilary Clinton using the soft power politics is focusing on serving America’s national interest but one of the major issues that globalists are facing now a day is of regional prejudice which is flagging the web strands of Americans in the world politics. One of the important perspectives that is needed to keep in mind is, of party politics. In recent scenario Hilary Clinton has support from the party agenda and is somewhat portraying the democratic perspective while when we look at the Republicans’ stance, Trump is posing danger to Republicans’ attitude in the political picture which is a concerning issue for the party. Both of the participants are presenting two different agendas which in the future might lead to the new outlook of US foreign policy in the world’s order.

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