Since his return to the presidency, Trump has pushed for extreme economic nationalism, transactional diplomacy and an aggressive posture toward governments opposed to Washington's interests, including South Africa.


While the old order is dying, the central question of concern in international relations today is the nature of the type of order to come. It is clear that there is no “end of history”, nor is it written that it will be marked by the “clash of civilizations”.

The region must unite to avoid falling into the colonial logic, shared by both the U.S. and China, which positions it as a mere supplier of raw materials.

"They need us more than we need them…," declared Donald Trump from the Oval Office when referring to Latin America after assuming the presidency...

The foreign policy agenda of the new US administration is an incoherent mix of illiberal mercantilism, isolationism, and revisionism.

In the end, it was diplomacy that ultimately managed to stop a situation that would have led to a chain of absurd decisions.