29 Jun The International Consequences of Donald Trump’s Unorthodox Isolationism: Can the World Cope with another 4 years?

Toby Tilley

School of Politics, International Relations, & Global Affairs (SPEGA), IE University, Madrid, Spain.

Bachelor’s in International Relations.

E-mail: ttilley.ieu2022@student.ie.edu.

Abstract

The following paper will attempt to provide an analysis of policy – partly domestic, but primarily foreign – conducted by the Trump administration from 2017-2021, and January 2025-present, particularly the isolationist side of Trump’s agenda, the impact these policies had on the so-called ‘international order’, how they were received and, in some cases, combatted. The paper will also briefly explore events that took place during Trump’s time out of office – Joe Biden’s presidential term, referred to in this paper as ‘the Inter-Trump period’, and how this shaped Trump’s current electoral mandate. Finally, the paper will speculate on the remaining 3 years and 9 months of the current Trump administration, and what may lie in store for the international order and the world as a whole.

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Keywords: Isolationism, T rump, Biden, Harris, Globalization, Multilateralism, NATO, UN, EU