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Trump’s determination to appear strong in the face of physical weakness is redolent of occupants of the Kremlin – the problem for him is that US democracy has been designed to check strongman politics.

Conflicting public opinion about America’s role in the world is not unique to the era of Trump and ‘America first’.

Mass protest at Plaza Baquedano during the eighth day of protests against President Sebastian

The popular uprisings in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Haiti have many different causes and one thing in common: If history is any indicator, the outlook for genuine, lasting change is grim.

As necessary as it remains to improve rules-based systems, the future of international order will also rely on states engaging more creatively with a wider range of constituencies – from citizens and civil society to the private sector and local political actors.

The Peace to Prosperity plan being promoted by the Trump administration is either naïve or disingenuous, and has no chance of succeeding.

The nationalist urge to keep the world off your back extends to foreign finance.

A worker inspects a roll of aluminium cable at a plant in Barcarena, Brazil

Democrats would be wise to communicate a clear alternative to Trump’s ‘America First’ policy in the Middle East.