Foreign Policy Vision Key for Republican Presidential Candidates

Florida governor Ron DeSantis — like all presidential hopefuls in the Republican camp — would do well to think about how his policy agenda differs from Trump’s both at home and abroad.

With political turmoil around the world and with Trump’s upending of America’s broadly internationalist foreign-policy consensus, a lot is up for grabs. In line with a long Republican tradition, DeSantis has signaled his pro-Israel views, an understandable disdain for the communist and far-left dictatorships of Latin America, and a hawkish view of China. He has also criticized President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Dalibor Rohac

Dalibor Rohac is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis — like all presidential hopefuls in the Republican camp — would do well to think about how his policy agenda differs from Trump’s both at home and abroad.

With political turmoil around the world and with Trump’s upending of America’s broadly internationalist foreign-policy consensus, a lot is up for grabs. In line with a long Republican tradition, DeSantis has signaled his pro-Israel views, an understandable disdain for the communist and far-left dictatorships of Latin America, and a hawkish view of China. He has also criticized President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.