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Power Problems • October 18, 2018 

# Donald Trump, the Blob, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy 

Bonus Episode! Harvard’s Steven Walt joins Emma Ashford and guest host Caroline Dorminey to discuss his new book, *The Hell of Good Intentions*, and why America’s foreign policy failures helped to elect Donald Trump.

- [Stephen Walt bio](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/stephen-walt)
- Stephen Walt, *[The Hell of Good Intentions](https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Good-Intentions-Americas-Foreign/dp/0374280037)*
- Cato Book Event, [*The Hell of Good Intentions*](https://www.cato.org/events/hell-good-intentions-americas-foreign-policy-elite-decline-us-primacy)
- Stephen Walt, [The Donald vs. The Blob](https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/16/the-donald-vs-the-blob-hillary-clinton-election/), *Foreign Policy*, May 16, 2018
- Thrall and Friedman, [*U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century — The Case for Restraint*](https://www.routledge.com/US-Grand-Strategy-in-the-21st-Century-The-Case-For-Restraint/Thrall-Friedman/p/book/9781138084544)

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##### Stephen M. Walt 

Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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##### [Caroline Dorminey](/people/caroline-dorminey)

Former Policy Analyst 

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