About this blog: We are a group of students of international relations interested in analyzing how global leadership shapes the international system. This blog focuses on the impact of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, both during his previous administration and after his return to office in 2025. International politics plays a fundamental role in shaping the global order, as the decisions made by powerful countries influence not only their own societies but also the rest of the world. In this sense, the foreign policy of recently elected US presidents, such as Donald Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden, has played a crucial role in redefining international relations and global strategies (Silva,2025) As we know, the Trump administration generated significant international reactions and affected multilateral agreements and diplomatic relations. We want to illustrate this point with the following news items that show how radical Trump's policies were, such as the United States'...
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...
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...
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