Walter Russel Mead asserts in his new piece in Foreign Affairs that what he labels as “Jacksonian national populism” and “Jeffersonian isolationism” have made a significant comeback during the 21st century. According to him, President Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq mirrors Jacksonian populism and that Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 was a sign of the collapse of neoconservatism in the American electorate. Shockingly, he also asserted that both parties have seen restraint and free trade as being dominant. His article emphasizes the collapse of liberal globalism and the crucial importance for a return to “Hamiltonian” foreign policy.What is Hamiltonian foreign policy according to Mead?Mead’s inconsistent, utopian opinion is that Hamilton’s focus was essentially neo-colonialist and mercantilist
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