Trump Reshaping the Global Order

Dr Varinder Sharma drvarindersharmabjp@gmail.com Donald Trump’s second-term political project, built around the idea of restoring national primacy through uncompromising “America First” policies, represents one of the most ambitious attempts in modern history to reshape not only domestic governance but also the global strategic balance. His ambition has gone far beyond conventional policy correction or partisan governance; instead, it has sought to re-engineer the relationship between state power, global institutions, trade systems, and alliance structures. Trump’s core belief-that nations must prioritise sovereign interests over multilateral commitments-has increasingly influenced political thinking worldwide. While critics view his approach as destabilising and polarising, supporters…