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Donald Trump and the Future of the International Order

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       Throughout this blog, we have examined the impact of Donald Trump's return to the White House and the ways in which his foreign policy has reshaped contemporary international relations. From the renewed rivalry between the United States and China to changing relations with Latin America and the European Union, Trump's second administration has once again placed the United States at the center of global political debate. One of the most important conclusions that emerges from our analysis is that leadership matters. The decisions of a single administration can influence trade, security, climate cooperation, migration policies, and diplomatic relations far beyond national borders. Trump's "America First" approach has demonstrated how a shift in priorities within a major power can generate ripple effects throughout the international system, forcing allies and rivals alike to reconsider their own strategies. The relationship between the United States and China ...

Trump y América Latina

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Over the years, the United States has maintained significant influence in Latin America due to its economic, political, and security ties. However, the return of Donald Trump to the leadership of the United States has generated new debates about the nature of this relationship. Because his approach, based on nationalism, the protection of U.S. interests, and a more transactional foreign policy, raises a question: Does our region continue to depend on the United States or is it seeking greater strategic autonomy? La República. (2025).  Trump busca aumentar influencia de EE.UU en América Latina First we have to consider the political influence: The Trumps administration intensified its interference in our region  electoral processes and governments through a combination of political pressure, strategic economic agreements and military cooperation (Machado, 2026). The most illustrative case was the Panama Canal crisis where Trump declared: "This total swindle of our country will ...

Closing the Cycle: What Trump's Second Term Taught Us About the New International Order

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 By: Ronald Marquez, Dharma Gonzales and Julian Palomino. As we close this blog and this semester-long project, we want to use this final post not to analyze a new event, but to look back at everything we have written and ask ourselves: what have we actually learned about international relations by following Donald Trump's second term? When we started this blog, we did so with a simple goal: to understand, as students, how the decisions of a single government could reshape global politics. After several months of posts covering Europe, South America, China, and the institutional architecture of world order, we believe the answer has become much clearer than when we began. A confirmation of Realist logic Almost every case we examined led us back to the same theoretical framework: Realism. Whether we were discussing sanctions on Venezuela, tariffs against European partners, or the escalating rivalry with China, the pattern was consistent. Washington's decisions, time and again, ...