**Attitudes are already shifting, but policy changes may not be permanent** - From the mid 90s to the 2000s, the US has taken military action to interfere in several countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. - These interferences have not been considered successful as both short and long term solutions. - The ongoing Syrian and Libyan civil wars, and the heightened instability in Afghanistan and Iraq caused by a [power vacuum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_vacuum) further supports the claims of the failure of foreign intervention by the US. - With the recent advancement of Taliban forces in Kabul after the withdrawal of US troops, this non-success seems more apparent than ever. - Trump's administration also had plans to withdraw troops from several of these countries including Afghanistan, which shows a shift to a less interventionist US foreign policy. - This has been continued by Biden, completing the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan making less-interventionist foreign policy-making one of the only common grounds between the two administrations. - This highlights the continuation of the trend of a change in foreign policy. - Although the defeat of the Taliban has not been the only reason which will spark the change of US foreign policy, it can be seen as the last nail in the coffin. - However, it can also be argued that this viewpoint is naive, as the US is one of the [biggest military forces in the world](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/us-military-bases-around-the-world-119321/?fbclid=IwAR2zGks6cIMAkBdrIUV5HhRBUkCtNQPA4jTA-k7eYUWzKndGH-eA9dVznts), with over 750 bases in more than 80 countries. - As a result of this it is unlikely such a dramatic shift in foreign policy will result in a permanent change. - The US has previously had involvement in coups d'etat for example in [Latin America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America?fbclid=IwAR3x1ZqTXycVrLNwSCWWfafCsCw3bKpPyBZEbzrpdk6ygE-cGqildgFVcCs) which also proved unsuccessful in some occasions yet this had not led to a complete shift in foreign policy. - The defeat to the Taliban has shifted attitudes towards foreign intervention, and it is quite likely policy changes will occur as a result, but it is perhaps too soon to say in the long term.