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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0

Trump risks turning the US into a rogue state
https://www.ft.com/content/39226003-2274-42b1-bae4-1a37d931f6b6
Territorial expansionism and threats to neighbors and allies should set off alarm bells across the world.

Does the Madman Theory Actually Work?
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/madman-theory-international-relations-unpredictability/
Trump likes to think his unpredictability is an asset.
 
Trump Can’t Bully the Entire World
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/30/trump-bully-world-america-foreign-policy/
Loudly making threats doesn’t amount to a foreign policy.
 
Donald Trump’s empire of ego
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/01/donald-trump-expansionism-greenland-canada-panama-canal
How to reconcile the incoming president’s isolationist first term with his new expansionist rhetoric.
 
Who’s Afraid of America First?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/whos-afraid-america-first-bilahari-kausikan-trump
What Asia Can Teach the World About Adapting to Trump.