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Pundits love calling President-elect Trump’s leadership “transactional.” But is that true? FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal shares his take in this audio essay from the upcoming print issue of Foreign Policy’s magazine. Take a listen.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Kori Schake: Why Biden’s Foreign Policy Fell Short
Raghuram Rajan: Isolationism Won’t Make Anyone Great Again
Adam Tooze: America Is Locked in a New Class War
Daniel W. Drezner: Does the Madman Theory Actually Work?
Ravi Agrawal: Trump Is Ushering In a More Transactional World
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