In the era of the “geopolitics of the self,” global power ceases to be structured around rules and stable alliances and instead revolves around the personalistic, transactional, and self-referential leadership of Donald Trump.
In a context of profound state weaknesses, Ecuador has ceased to be a marginal actor and has instead become fully—and belatedly—integrated into the dynamics of transnational organized crime.
In a world that is reorganizing itself beyond the bounds of rules and oversight, democracies face the urgent challenge of resisting the advance of authoritarian leadership without renouncing their own limits.
Trumpism shows how contemporary political communication turns fear and moral panic into a grammar of power sustained by emotions, digital platforms, and permanent crises.
