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A ‘natcon takeover’? The New Right and the future of American foreign policy
Swedish Defence University, Department of Political Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9398-8382
2024 (English)In: International Affairs, ISSN 0020-5850, E-ISSN 1468-2346, Vol. 100, no 5, p. 2233-2245Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Donald Trump's capture of the Republican Party enabled a radical questioning of received wisdom within the broader conservative intellectual movement. In particular, it enabled the emergence of a post-Trump, distinctly American New Right. This policy paper examines the American New Right and its visions for United States foreign policy.In the context of contemporary American politics, the New Right is best understood as a rejection of the ‘fusionism’ that has characterized US conservatism since the early decades after the Second World War. The paper argues that there are three major identifiable parts of the New Right: the Claremonters, the post-liberals and the national conservatives. In part because of their ‘big-tent’ character, as well as deft intellectual leadership by Yoram Hazony, the national conservatives have become the most influential group within the contemporary New Right. The article also examines how the New Right has attempted to create an alternative ideational infrastructure, with a clear focus on entrenching itself through large-scale credentialing of personnel deemed to be loyal to the New Right's agenda. There is reason to speak of a ‘natcon takeover’ of traditional conservative institutions. This is particularly the case with the Heritage Foundation, the largest and most influential conservative think tank. While all segments of the New Right ostensibly embrace some notion of grand strategic restraint, the policy paper argues that the rise of national conservatism is likely to accelerate the US pivot from Europe to Asia rather than lead to neo-isolationism, as is sometimes suggested.

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2024. Vol. 100, no 5, p. 2233-2245
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-12686DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiae178OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-12686DiVA, id: diva2:1893819
Available from: 2024-08-30 Created: 2024-08-30 Last updated: 2024-09-13Bibliographically approved

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