Trump Second Term: How the World and U.S. Allies Can Prepare for the Election – Foreign Policy

As the U.S. election looms, policymakers and analysts are trying to game out what a possible second term for former President Donald Trump might mean for Washingtons foreign policyand, by extension, for U.S. allies, multilateral organizations, and global security.

As the U.S. election looms, policymakers and analysts are trying to game out what a possible second term for former President Donald Trump might mean for Washingtons foreign policyand, by extension, for U.S. allies, multilateral organizations, and global security.

This edition of Flash Points considers how Trumps unconventional approach to foreign policy could reshape the international order and affect major geopolitical issues, from the war in Ukraine to rising U.S.-China tensions. The following essays offer insight into what institutions, alliances, and governments from Europe to Asia can do to prepare for another Trump White House.

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an arrival ceremony during a visit in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 12, 2017.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The calm in Asian capitals reflects a dangerous misjudgment, FPs James Crabtree writes.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to journalists at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16.Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

The continent must bolster its own defense capabilities before an isolationist ringleader returns to the White House, Doug Klain and James Batchik write.

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press prior to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2020.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Its past time to put legal guardrails in place to prevent catastrophe, Adam Mount writes.

G-7 leaders arrive for a photo at the Itsukushima Shrine during the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan on May 19, 2023.Stefan Rousseau Pool/Getty Images

This summers summit needs to be much more than just a 50th anniversary celebration, Robin Niblett writes.

An activist prepares a balloon painted to look like planet Earth and decorated with orange hair and eyebrows in the likeness of U.S. President Donald Trump during a climate protest prior to a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on June 29, 2017. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

A Heritage Foundation report offers a roadmap of sweeping changes, Laura Thornton writes.

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