Hope out of chaos: how the dark era of Trump is creating a new approach to global politics

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The argument that the current dark era of American unilateralism and lawless militarism may be coming to a premature end, sinking below the waters in the strait of Hormuz, is gathering momentum as other western countries recover their poise and place long-term bets that they can no longer cower under the US security blanket.

The argument that the current dark era of American unilateralism and lawless militarism may be coming to a premature end, sinking below the waters in the strait of Hormuz, is gathering momentum as other western countries recover their poise and place long-term bets that they can no longer cower under the US security blanket.

Instead of cowering, disagreeing or hoping Trump’s attacks on Europe’s feckless freeloaders might be a passing phase, many European countries are embracing his advice to take more responsibility for defence. As a result, a bypass around America is being constructed.

A new UN secretary general next year would at least have the chance to challenge the current unrepresentative security council – made up of the second world war victors China, France, Russia, UK and US – to reform after 30 years of failing to do so. In this post-rupture world in which Washington’s reliability can no longer be assumed, and in which Beijing’s partnership, however complicated, cannot be refused, everything suddenly is up for grabs.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/dark-era-trump-creating-new-approach-global-politics


+ South Korea, India, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries.