Donald Trump isolationist doctrine “America first”: A case study of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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2022-06
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UNIVERSITY OF MOHAMED BOUDIAF
Abstract
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The US 2016 presidential elections brought Donald Trump as the 45th US President. Although
the latter has been criticized of his personality and foreign intervention in manipulating the US
elections, President Donald Trump has been identified of his doctrine; namely, „America first‟.
As a matter of fact, Trump‟s Doctrine focused on amending and reconstructing the US domestic
affairs, rather than focusing on foreign issues. The primary issue of in Trump‟s doctrine
„America first‟ was resolving the issue of the US presence in Afghanistan. After fighting Al
Qaeda and the Taliban there under the global War on Terror for twenty years, the US
administration, under the direction of President Donald Trump, held peace talks and negotiations
with the Taliban which resulted in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.The present
paper attempts to analyze Trump‟s isolationist Doctrine „America first‟ and how it affected the
US decision of withdrawing from Afghanistan after twenty years of fighting terrorism there. In
addition, the study highlights the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Key words: Afghanistan, War on Terror, Donald Trump, America First, US withdrawal.