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American foreign policy in the age of Trump

With the old world order visibly weakening, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is both consequential and confusing. Does Mr Trump have a strategy and if so, what are its prospects for success?

In this lecture, by examining the Trump record in the principal geopolitical arenas, Professor Walter Russell Mead discussed his overall approach to international relations and place this unique figure in the context of American history.

Please note that this event is part of the America's Changing Role in the World lecture series, taking place over the 2025-26 academic year.

  • Walter Russell Mead

    Walter Russell Mead (@wrmead) is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida, and the “Global View” columnist at the Wall Street Journal. From 1997 to 2010, Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, serving as the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for US foreign policy from 2003 to 2010.

  • Peter Trubowitz

    Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is Professor of International Relations, and Director of the Phelan US Centre at LSE and Associate Fellow at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs.

This event was held on 19 February 2026.