The Shadow State: How Private Interests Are Rewiring American Foreign Policy The notion that America serves as a beacon of democracy and stability on the world stage is being quietly rewritten.
Under the guise of "America First" rhetoric, policymakers driven by private interests rather than public good have emerged.
This phenomenon, observed by Anne Applebaum in her recent cover story for The Atlantic, threatens to upend the post World War II order and reshape international relations.