U.S. foreign policy continues to rely on coercion, but by ignoring the internal dynamics of its partners, it ends up generating resistance, nationalism, and a loss of influence in the region.
July 4, 2025, marks not only a national holiday, but also an uncomfortable portrait of the political, scientific, and diplomatic present of the United States under Trump's second term.
The success of powers such as China and the United States, driven by state intervention, highlights the fallacy of neoliberal free market dogma and underscores the need to adopt pragmatic policies free from rigid ideologies.