World Politics Review

A Blueprint for a Post-Trump MAGA Foreign Policy Trump’s National Security Strategy offers a foreign policy guidebook for those seeking to extend Trumpism beyond his presidency.

Trump’s National Security Strategy offers a foreign policy guidebook for those seeking to extend Trumpism beyond his presidency.

How Asim Munir’s Ruthless Rise to Power Is Reshaping Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir has consolidated the most power in a single Pakistani leader since the end of direct military rule in 2008.

Three years after taking over as Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir has shifted the balance of domestic power decisively in favor of the military while completely reshaping the country’s foreign and economic policy.

TotalEnergies Wanted to Build Africa’s Largest Energy Project. Now It’s Accused of War Crimes A new criminal complaint in France alleges that TotalEnergies has been complicit in abuses committed by the Mozambican military.

A new criminal complaint in France alleges that TotalEnergies has been complicit in abuses committed by the Mozambican military.

Trump Is Making American Foreign Policy Racist Again Trump is not the first U.S. president to allow racist views to influence his foreign policy decisions.

If it wasn’t before, it is now clear that race, racial differences and even white supremacy inform Trump’s worldview and therefore the policies of his administration.

That’s disturbing, but far from surprising, @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes.

A Blueprint for a Post-Trump MAGA Foreign Policy Trump’s National Security Strategy offers a foreign policy guidebook for those seeking to extend Trumpism beyond his presidency.

Trump’s National Security Strategy marks a dramatic departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.

As Frida Ghitis writes, it also offers what could become a guidebook for a post-Trump MAGA foreign policy.

How Asim Munir’s Ruthless Rise to Power Is Reshaping Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir has consolidated the most power in a single Pakistani leader since the end of direct military rule in 2008.

Pakistani army chief Asim Munir has consolidated the most power of any single leader since the end of direct military rule in 2008, reshaping the country’s foreign and economic policy along the way.

The Trans-Atlantic Partnership as We Knew It Is Over The National Security Strategy makes it clear that the Trump administration no longer views Europe’s current leaders as partners.

“With the U.S. having become a foreign policy challenge, rather than a trusted partner, the trans-Atlantic relationship as we know it has come to an end.”

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display Myanmar’s ruling military junta is planning to use a rigged election to buttress its legitimacy. Most of the world is ready to play along.

Myanmar’s ruling military junta is planning to use a rigged election to buttress its legitimacy.

Most of the world is ready to play along.

A Blueprint for a Post-Trump MAGA Foreign Policy Trump’s National Security Strategy offers a foreign policy guidebook for those seeking to extend Trumpism beyond his presidency.

Trump’s National Security Strategy offers a foreign policy guidebook for those seeking to extend Trumpism beyond his presidency, @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes.

How Asim Munir’s Ruthless Rise to Power Is Reshaping Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir has consolidated the most power in a single Pakistani leader since the end of direct military rule in 2008.

In just three years, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir has consolidated the most power of any single leader in the country since the end of direct military rule in 2008, @uzairyounus.bsky.social writes.

The Trans-Atlantic Partnership as We Knew It Is Over The National Security Strategy makes it clear that the Trump administration no longer views Europe’s current leaders as partners.

With the U.S. having become a foreign policy challenge, rather than a trusted partner, the trans-Atlantic relationship as we know it has come to an end, @rikefranke.bsky.social writes.

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display Myanmar’s ruling military junta is planning to use a rigged election to buttress its legitimacy. Most of the world is ready to play along.

Myanmar is gearing up for elections that will be neither free nor fair. No matter how undemocratic they are, however, they will still boost international recognition for the ruling military junta.

The ‘New’ U.S. Strategy on China Is Containment by Another Name Despite calling for “win-win” ties with Beijing, Trump’s National Security Strategy lays out a clear effort to constrain China.

Despite calling for “win-win” ties with Beijing, Trump’s National Security Strategy lays out a clear effort to constrain China.

U.S. Aid Cuts Set the Stage for a Cocaine Explosion in Peru Even as Trump uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, his aid cuts will be a boon for Peru’s cocaine traffickers.

Even as Trump uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, his aid cuts will be a boon for Peru’s cocaine traffickers.

The Trans-Atlantic Partnership as We Knew It Is Over The National Security Strategy makes it clear that the Trump administration no longer views Europe’s current leaders as partners.

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy makes it clear that it no longer views Europe’s current leaders as partners, @rikefranke.bsky.social writes.

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display Myanmar’s ruling military junta is planning to use a rigged election to buttress its legitimacy. Most of the world is ready to play along.

Myanmar’s ruling military junta is planning to use a rigged election to buttress its legitimacy.

Most of the world is ready to play along, Joshua Kurlantzick & Annabel Richter write.

Why Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting Again The fighting could last longer this time, partly due to domestic political posturing and nationalist sentiments in each country.

Deadly clashes broke out again between Thailand and Cambodia on Monday, their second round of intense fighting this year following a five-day border war in July.

The fighting could last even longer this time.

The ‘New’ U.S. Strategy on China Is Containment by Another Name Despite calling for “win-win” ties with Beijing, Trump’s National Security Strategy lays out a clear effort to constrain China.

Despite an attempt to appease Xi with language that signals “mutual benefit,” the National Security Strategy’s approach to China is a continuation of the harsh approach taken by the first Trump administration.

U.S. Aid Cuts Set the Stage for a Cocaine Explosion in Peru Even as Trump uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, his aid cuts will be a boon for Peru’s cocaine traffickers.

Even as the Trump administration uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, its policies in South America may actually encourage a spike in the global cocaine supply.

Trump Has Upended U.S. Policy in the Western Balkans The president’s surprise decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik is reverberating across the region.

Trump’s surprise decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik is reverberating across the region.

Trump’s ‘Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine Is No Doctrine at All The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy offers no guidance for the immediate challenges it faces in Latin America.

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy offers no guidance for the immediate challenges it faces in Latin America.

The ‘New’ U.S. Strategy on China Is Containment by Another Name Despite calling for “win-win” ties with Beijing, Trump’s National Security Strategy lays out a clear effort to constrain China.

Despite calling for “win-win” ties with Beijing, Trump’s National Security Strategy lays out a clear effort to constrain China, Mary Gallagher writes.

U.S. Aid Cuts Set the Stage for a Cocaine Explosion in Peru Even as Trump uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, his aid cuts will be a boon for Peru’s cocaine traffickers.

Even as Trump uses counternarcotics to justify blowing up small boats, his aid cuts will be a boon for Peru’s cocaine traffickers, Simeon Tegel writes.

Trump Has Upended U.S. Policy in the Western Balkans The president’s surprise decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik is reverberating across the region.

The Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik, a decision that may end up being more far-reaching than Trump realizes.

Trump’s ‘Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine Is No Doctrine at All The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy offers no guidance for the immediate challenges it faces in Latin America.

The “Trump Corollary” seems more like a branding exercise for ad hoc decisions driven by the president’s whims and pique, James Bosworth (@bloggingsbyboz.bsky.social) writes.

Trump Has Upended U.S. Policy in the Western Balkans The president’s surprise decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik is reverberating across the region.

Trump’s surprise decision to lift sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist Milorad Dodik is reverberating across the region, @giorgiocafiero.bsky.social writes.

Trump’s ‘Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine Is No Doctrine at All The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy offers no guidance for the immediate challenges it faces in Latin America.

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy offers no guidance for the immediate challenges it faces in Latin America, James Bosworth (@bloggingsbyboz.bsky.social) writes.

Trump’s Approach to Latin America Is Not Such an Outlier Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.

Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.

Europe Hesitated on Ukraine. Trump and Putin Moved In Europe’s indecision about whether and how to use frozen Russian assets for war reparations created a dangerous opening.

Europe’s indecision about whether and how to use frozen Russian assets for war reparations created a dangerous opening.

Trump’s Approach to Latin America Is Not Such an Outlier Trump’s coercive diplomacy is consistent with a long-standing focus of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.

Another way to understand Trump’s actions is that his America First approach is perfectly compatible—and even consistent—with a long-standing essential trait of U.S. foreign policy: control of the Western Hemisphere.