[Fudan/China] Special Lecture #4 (28042017) > Special Lectures

Title

Prospects of Trans-Atlantic Relations: Trump Presidency, Brexit, and Beyond

Speaker

Professor Wyn Rees, Dean of School of Politics and International Relations

Dates

28^th April 2017

Venue

Conference Room 104, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Number of

Participants

(approx.)

20

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

1 Trump as new manifestation: American first, individualism and   entrepreneurialism, the trade interest of the US, suspicion of    federal power.

2 Constraints on Trump: Cabinet, Republican opposition in Congress and his own supporters.

3 Tearing down the liberal order, hostility towards allies and competitors.

4 Trump and continuity: longstanding US ambivalence towards European integration,  history of US dissatisfaction with European “free-riding“， China as a competitor.

5 Unpredictable in security: Trump and Russia, eradicating ISIS.

6 Security in Asia-Pacific, US pivot to Asia, Air-sea Battle, the threat from North Korea