Trump and the Ascension of Western Realism: A Critical Discussion on the Western Realists' and Western Liberalists' Evaluation of Globalisation. (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kamal, Rifat Darina; Kaiser, Z. R. M. Abdullah
• Is Part Of: India quarterly. Volume 74:Number 3(2018:Sep.)
• Page Start: 257
• Page End: 271
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: Globalisation -- western realism -- western liberalism -- threat or opportunity -- Trump administration; World politics -- 20th century -- Periodicals; India -- Foreign relations -- Periodicals; 052
• DOI: 10.1177/0974928418785433
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0974-9284

Abstract

The Western realists and Western liberalists evaluate the universal interdependence and globalisation from distinct political and theoretical standpoints. This article critically examines Western realism and Western liberalism—the two genetic theoretical streams that comprise a converse version of the globalisation of world politics. It exemplifies the effects, the impacts, the benefits and the challenges of globalisation from different angles—not from a particular aspect. In addition, it attempts to critically explicate the role of the Trump administration in order to understand this regime's motive towards globalisation.