Is the US retreating from the world? Charles Kupchan on the future of US global leadership | DW News

US troops are leaving Iraq, American bombers are being withdrawn from Britain, and Washington is scaling back its international commitments. Is Donald Trump simply reshaping US foreign policy, or is America giving up its role as global leader? We ask Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations and Georgetown University whether this is strategic restraint, a return to isolationism, or the beginning of a more dangerous world.

Chapters:

00:00 U.S. military pullbacks in Iraq and the UK
01:06 Trump declares victory and defends withdrawals
02:14 Is America retreating from the world?
03:13 Interview: Charles Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations
03:34 Rhetoric versus reality in U.S. foreign policy
05:04 Why Trump struggles to bring troops home
06:38 Ukraine, Taiwan, and the limits of disengagement
08:34 The impact of leaving international organizations
10:06 Why global challenges still affect America
12:02 Are military withdrawals bad for the U.S.?
13:03 Burden-sharing and the value of alliances
14:01 Does America really lose from going it alone?
15:41 Lessons from U.S. isolationism in the 1930s
16:26 Trump as an agent of change
17:28 The future of U.S. leadership after Trump


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