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The second Donald Trump government into the perspective of International Relations Students

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By:Ronald Marquez, Dharma Gonzales and Julian Palomino   Donald Trump’s second term in the United States has represented a pivotal moment that is shaping the course of international politics in recent years. This is due to the fact that many of his major decisions since assuming the leadership of the White House have triggered numerous confrontations with prominent political leaders as well as political organizations, who consistently reject the policies implemented from Washington. We know that this situation can be highly complex to understand; therefore, in this post, we will attempt to explain Donald Trump’s second term from our perspective as International Relations students. The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States follows the term of the Democratic Party led by Joe Biden, whose disappointing performance in the White House led to public fatigue with Biden's party. Consequently, after a remarkable electoral campaign, the Republican leader Donald Trump man...

America First and the international order

  By: Ronald Marquez , Julian Palomino and Dharma Gonzales We have good news for our followers, we are made a podcast and this is our first edition We hope everyone like this new program :) 

The Alliance at a Crossroads: Relations Between Donald Trump and the European Union Since 2025

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By Julián Palomino The beginning of Donald Trump’s second term as president in January 2025  marked a great uncertainty and reordering of the international order. While the first period of his administration (2017–2021) was marked by rhetorical frictions and a strong skepticism towards multilateral blocs, the deployment of his “America First” agenda since 2025 has pushed transatlantic ties with European countries and the European Union (EU) into a terrain of maximum tension and defensive pragmatism. Below, we look at the three main pillars that have defined this complex bilateral relationship over the past year and a half. 1. The Conflict of Regulatory and Economic Frameworks. The Trump administration from the earliest days of 2025 took a muscular economic posture based on neoprotectionism, massive deregulation and the pursuit of direct trade reciprocity, departing from the principles of the World Trade Organization (Brookings Institution, 2026). Washington has forced through ...

The influence of the United States Governament in South America

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 By Julián Palomino. Trump’s second term has reconfigured the relationship between the United States and South America from a more pragmatic and transactional logic. In the commercial area, the foreign policy has favoured bilateral agreements and protectionist measures, generating tensions with exporting economies of the region, particularly in areas such as steel, agribusiness, and energy. According to the Congressional Research Service (2024), the government’s trade actions have yielded mixed results, with some countries obtaining particular agreements and others facing constraints that limit their competitiveness in the U.S. market. In the political and security realm, the Trump administration has pushed for a harder line against governments deemed hostile, notably Venezuela, through economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure. Council on Foreign Relations (2025) has observed that this strategy has further divided the region, with some countries advocating for such measures while...

A new cold war? The rivalry between the United States and China in the Trump era

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By: Ronald Marquez  Getty images.(2020) The shape of Asia's new Cold War In the 20th century, the world was marked by the Cold War, an ideological, political, and military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Now, decades later, a question has resurfaced in the international debate: Are we entering in a new Cold War? The second administration of Donald Trump intensified a rivalry that had already been brewing, but which now seem to be shaping the international system: the competition with China. However, more than a repetition of the past, this confrontation represents  a transformation of the global order toward a more complex, interdependent, and competitive dynamic. From friends to enemies: OpenAI.(2026), friends to enemies(AI-generated image) For decades, the relationship between this two countries was base on a economic cooperation. China integrated into the global economy, especially after joining the world trade organization in 2001, while USA b...