While Trump has succeeded in uniting disparate groups with differing interests, it is not clear whether anyone else can do so.
Trump’s policies highlight a far-right backwardness that impacts the global development world exponentially; whether those in power can sustain the impacts is to be seen.
Women and girls are particularly vulnerable in conflict and crisis zones as existing gender inequalities are exacerbated.
The US must get its fiscal house in order and refocus on the emerging security environment.
Israel’s experience serves as a warning of the dangers faced when democracy rapidly crumbles.
Trump isn’t an outlier; he embodies the genuine interests of a waning superpower, whose policies mirror the conflicting and shifting global reality he navigates.
Trump’s break with traditional diplomatic norms is a potential pivot point where new expectations and possibilities for state behaviour may emerge.
Trump’s preference for bilateral agreements threatens to weaken regional unity on critical issues such as climate change, inequality, poverty, and organized crime.
Trump’s illiberalism will leave the world with three dominant military powers that are all non-democratic: China, Russia and the US.
Saying goodbye to the West should not be bemoaned, rather it might accelerate the arrival of a multiplex world where there is no single hegemon or select group of powers.
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