Omnibus

Justin Webb looks back at five big US foreign policy shifts from the Monroe Doctrine in the 19th century to the post-9/11 strategies of the Bush Doctrine in the early 2000s. He and his guests examine how America’s approach to the world has constantly changed over time. This may help answer a really big question - how radical is the way President Donald Trump deals with the world? Is he really an outlier in US history? Or do his actions reflect the changing patterns of American power?

Presenter: Justin Webb
Producers: Caroline Bayley and Kirsteen Knight
Researcher: Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell

Credit: Truman's address courtesy of the Harry S Truman Library and Columbia Broadcasting System.
Credit: Nixon’s Silent Majority Speech/Richard Nixon Foundation
Credit: Reagan’s State of the Union Address courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Credit: Bush’s Graduation Speech at West Point courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library