Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence
With Congress compliant, the Supreme Court complicit, and media corporations compromised, Trump has forged a clear path to international irrelevance.
Oct 7, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power
Trump’s sharp cuts to humanitarian aid will ensure that the United States’ soft power crumbles, doing lasting damage to its international standing.
Jun 3, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
Trump’s Deranged Land Grabs Would Make Sense to Big Brother Trump’s Deranged Land Grabs Would Make Sense to Big Brother
His desire for ultimate continental hegemony is leading us on a path eerily reminiscent of 1984.
Apr 17, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
Trump's tariffs will protect the US auto industry just long enough for it to decline into technological obsolescence.
Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born? The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born?
Some of the world’s largest, oldest empires are collapsing before our eyes, with no clear sign of what will happen next.
Jan 2, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline
Trump is on track to bring a hasty end, silent or otherwise, to an “American Century” of global dominion.
Nov 21, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up
Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to sudden setbacks from rising partisan pressure...
Oct 18, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
The Looming Imperial Crisis That Could Topple American Hegemony The Looming Imperial Crisis That Could Topple American Hegemony
Washington now finds itself facing three complex global crises, each demanding its undivided attention.
Mar 15, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
A Second Trump Term Will Bring an End to the American Century A Second Trump Term Will Bring an End to the American Century
Another four years of Trump's "America first" diplomacy will destroy the country's already declining global power.
Jan 18, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks
Growing geopolitical power is giving China both the motivation and potentially even the means to negotiate an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
Jun 16, 2023 / Alfred McCoy