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Trump's First Year: Promoting 'America First' Abroad

| Jan. 30, 2018

One year after the announcement of President Trump's initial travel ban, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would consider Trump v. Hawaii, a challenge to the ban that was heard in the District of Hawaii and the Ninth Circuit. We reflect on Trump's foreign policy decisions in the past year. This is part of our series on Trump's first year, looking at foreign policy, the judiciary, energy and the environment and the economy.

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For Academic Citation: “Trump's First Year: Promoting 'America First' Abroad.” WBUR, January 30, 2018.

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Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns

  • United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
  • Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
  • Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
  • Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
  • Director, American Secretaries of State Project
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