Emma Ashford

Takeaways from Trump’s First 100 Days

by Emma Ashford | May 2, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

For foreign policy wonks, Trump’s first hundred days have been a bit like a roller coaster ride. In just over three months, the new administration has veered from one crisis to another, from Syria to North Korea, China to Canada. Sudden Trumpian reversals on various foreign policy issues have been sharp enough to produce whiplash. Meanwhile, a dizzying barrage of strange foreign policy choices and statements makes it difficult to guess what’s coming next. Nevertheless, amid all the confusion, there are a couple of big takeaways from these first 100 days that may help us better understand...

Trump’s Team Should Ditch the ‘Clash of Civilizations’

by Emma Ashford | Dec 11, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

If there is one common thread that connects President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign-policy appointments, it is the belief that the United States is engaged in a civilizational war against “radical Islamic terrorism.” Indeed, while Trump himself—with his ambivalence towards books—may not even know it, the incoming administration seems to have fully embraced the ideas of Samuel Huntington, not only on the clash of civilizations, but on American decline, the idea of a West encircled by enemies, and even on immigration. Throughout the campaign, Trump and his surrogates often used rhetoric that...

Emma Ashford is a research fellow with expertise in international security and the politics of energy. Her research focuses on the politics and foreign policies of petrostates, particularly in Russia and various Middle Eastern countries. Her dissertation explored the ways in which oil production and export shapes conflict, including ongoing wars in Ukraine, Yemen and Syria.

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