Center for Security Studies

No. 41: US Foreign Policy under Bush

No. 41: US Foreign Policy under Bush

Balance Sheet and Outlook

Author(s): Andreas Wenger
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 41
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2008

The power of the US to shape international relations has been significantly diminished under President Bush. Efforts to establish a new order in the Middle East have failed. In Asia and the post-Soviet space, too, Washington's influence has been weakened. The partial renunciation of the neoconservative project during Bush's second term in office was not enough to amend the country's loss of reputation. Among the challenges facing the next US president will be reforming the global governance framework, strengthening the transatlantic partnership, and pursuing a selective strategic partnership with China and Russia.

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