Oct 27, 2020
The 2016 U.S.
presidential election may have been the most divisive election in
modern memory. The aftermath has left the United States in a period
of “agonizing reappraisal” over America’s role in the world. Four
years later, the United States appears to still be at a crossroads
between Donald Trump’s vision of an “America First” foreign policy
and Joe Biden’s promised restoration of a “liberal international
order.” This week, host Mark Hannah is joined by Margaret Hoover
and David Eisenhower, prominent descendants of two American
presidents, to discuss what
is at stake for foreign policy in next week’s election. Does Donald
Trump represent a paradigm shift in American foreign policy? Is the
restoration which Joe Biden seeks possible? They also discuss
America's relationship with China, a topic which looms large in
American foreign policy today. Does China’s emergence as a
competitor augur a coming conflict or can we avoid a second cold
war?
Margaret
Hoover is the
host of PBS’s “Firing
Line,” a conservative
political commentator, and a regular contributor for CNN. She is
the great-granddaughter of President Herbert Hoover and serves on
the board of overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University. Follow her on Twitter: @MargaretHoover.
David
Eisenhower is an
author, public policy fellow, and professor at the University of
Pennsylvania, where he is the Director of the Institute for Public
Service. He is also the host of “The Whole Truth with David
Eisenhower,” on American Public Television (APT). He is the
grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower and the son-in-law of
President Richard Nixon.