1st Edition

The Future of U.S. Empire in the Americas The Trump Administration and Beyond

Edited By Timothy M. Gill Copyright 2020
    368 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    368 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    With the rise of President Trump, many are coming to question where the United States (U.S.) is headed and, whether we might witness an imperial decline under Trump. Social scientists largely recognize the contemporary hegemonic position of the U.S. at the global level, but questions persist concerning the future of the U.S. Empire. With the Trump Administration at the helm, these questions are all the more salient.

    Drawing on the expertise of a panel of contributors and guided by Michael Mann’s model of power, this book critically interrogates the future of U.S. global power and provides insights on what we might expect from the U.S. Empire under Trump. Recognizing that U.S. imperial power involves an array of sources of power (ideological, economic, military, and political), the contributors analyze the Trump Administration’s approach towards nine countries in the Western Hemisphere, and five sets of global policies, including inter-American relations, drugs, trade, the environment, and immigration. Each case presents a historical look at the trajectory of relations as they have developed under Trump and what we might expect in the future from the administration.

    The Future of U.S. Empire in the Americas will be of great interest to students and scholars of U.S. foreign policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, political sociology, and American politics.

    1. The State of U.S. Empire in the Americas under the Trump Administration

    Timothy M. Gill

    2. Self-Interest, Prejudice, and Liberalism: A History of U.S. Empire in the Americas

    Alan McPherson

    Part 1: Country Case Studies

    3. Trump and Venezuela: Return to the Monroe Doctrine

    David Smilde

    4. From Hostility to Engagement—and Back: U.S. Policy towards Cuba under the Obama and Trump Administrations

    Martina Kunović

    5. U.S.–Mexico Relations in the Trump Era and Beyond: Racial Capitalism Rearticulated

    Diana Graizbord

    6. The More Things Change: Continuities in U.S. Foreign Policy toward Nicaragua under the Trump Administration

    Pamela Neumann

    7. Trumping the Agenda? Continuity and Discontinuity in Foreign Affairs in U.S.–Colombia Relations

    Magda Catalina Jiménez and Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

    8. Donald Trump and U.S. Global Power: A View from Argentina

    Anabella Busso

    9. The Empire Strikes Back: U.S.–Brazil Relations from Obama to Trump

    Bryan Pitts

    10. The Trump Administration and Canada: America First

    Michael Hawes and Christopher Kirkey

    11. Trump and the Continuation of American Empire in Haiti

    Grace Wu and Kevin Edmonds

    Part 2: Regional Concerns

    12. Reaching the Boiling Point: Energy and Climate Policy under the Trump Administration

    Philip G. Lewin

    13. Old Wine, New Bottles: Presidential Attitudes towards Organized Labor from Carter to Trump

    Jon Shefner and Zachary McKenney

    14. Trump and U.S. Drug Policy in the Americas: No End in Sight of War and Repression

    William Avilés

    15. Immigration Policy under the Trump Administration

    Rachel Navarre

    16. Inter-American Relations in the Trump Era: Holding Autonomy behind the Wall

    Melisa Deciancio and Bruno Dalponte

    Biography

    Timothy M. Gill is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He has published within both academic and public outlets on topics including Venezuelan politics, U.S. global empire, and sociological theory.

    "Gill assembled a top-notch and diverse group of scholars to examine the state of U.S. empire in Latin America in the Donald Trump era. This timely and comprehensive volume is a worthy addition to the debate over shifts in U.S. influence in the region."Gregory Weeks, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    "A fine collection of essays that provides valuable insights into the operation of U.S. empire in the Americas under President Donald Trump. It details the attempts to maintain U.S. hegemony through a revival of the Monroe Doctrine while emphasising the limits to what can be achieved in the new global conjuncture." Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Institute of the Americas, UCL