CHARLES A. KUPCHAN The Promise and Peril of Trump's America First

In the organizer's words:

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The former special advisor to Barack Obama provides insights into the engine room of the current US government and talks about the collapse of the liberal order.

For over three decades, Charles A. Kupchan has analyzed transatlantic entanglements and the foreign policy role of the United States. The US political scientist is Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University and was, among other things, Director of European Affairs in the US National Security Council and Special Advisor to Barack Obama. Against the backdrop of the global rise of the far right, he sees Donald Trump's administration as a symptom rather than a cause of the collapse of the liberal world order. He is coming to Hamburg at the invitation of the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance of the Zeit Bucerius Foundation, which also takes place at the Summer Festival for one day each year. In a lecture followed by a discussion, Kupchan will analyze the internal weakening of the West due to the erosion of the social contract and the political center, as well as the external influence of geopolitical power shifts. In doing so, he raises the contentious question: Will Trump's policies help us transition from an old order to a new one - or will he simply tear down the old order and leave the world in ruins?

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Obama's former special advisor offers insight into the inner workings of U.S. government-and the collapse of the liberal world order.

For over 30 years, Charles A. Kupchan has analyzed transatlantic relations and U.S. foreign policy. The American political scientist is a professor at Georgetown University and has served as Director for European Affairs on the U.S. National Security Council and as Special Assistant to Barack Obama. Amid the global rise of the far right, Kupchan views Trump more as a symptom than a cause of the unraveling of the liberal order. He comes to Hamburg at the invitation of the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance by Zeit Stiftung Bucerius, which annually hosts a day at the Summer Festival. In a lecture followed by a conversation, Kupchan explores the West's weakening from within - due to the erosion of the social contract and the decline of the political center - and external challenges, such as the diffusion of power from West to East and from North to South. He provocatively asks: Will Trump help us transition from the old order to a new one? Or will he simply tear down the old order and leave the world standing in rubble?

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