US President Donald Trump will be facing Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the November 2020 elections. Trump, who has made reasserting American sovereignty a cornerstone of his foreign policy stands in stark contrast to Biden who has emphasized rebuilding American leadership at the global level.

Has there been a fundamental change to the liberal order and, if so, what might explain this shift? Is the international order facing a global leadership crisis due to a US withdrawal and general turn inward amongst the American people? Would a change in US administration impact the future course of the international order? How can American security best be protected and the authoritarian influence of external actors on the world stage be limited?