Tag: Foreign Policy

Donald Trump seated at a formal table, looking serious, with American flags visible in the background

Trump’s 2025 Strategy: The End of American Primacy and the Rise of Transactional Realism in Asia

The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy signifies a significant break from the post-World War II international order by rejecting the aim of “permanent American domination” and shifting towards a focus on reindustrialization and “America First” policies, moving the U.S. from upholding norms to aggressive commercial competition in the Indo-Pacific.

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Sunset view of a busy port with cargo ships and ferries, including the "T&T Spirit," docked near an industrial area

The Americas Apart: Summit Postponement Signals Collapse of Regional Consensus

The indefinite postponement of the 10th Summit of the Americas by the Dominican Republic in late 2025 signifies a critical juncture in the decline of Pan-American diplomacy. Once intended as a platform for economic integration and democratic solidarity since the 1990s, the summit process has now stalled due to “profound divergences” as described by Santo Domingo.

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