The emergence of Donald Trump signals the decline of American power
"Is the American century over? Many seems to think so." These are the opening lines of the political scientist, Joseph Nye’s book Is the American Century Over? The rise of Donald Trump to the US residency reflects shifting values and norms as well as institutional decay in the West. In the US and increasingly in Europe the far right is coming out of the woodwork, and gaining traction into the mainstream politics through candidates such as Trump. bold in their bigotry and rejection of global interdependence. The backlash from those that are on the fringes, especially the white working class that sees itself as under siege in an era of intensifying globalisation, has received its succour from already existing political fractures at the domestic level, expressed in partisanship and politics of special interests. Outside the US, the rise of emerging powers that are increasing their influence on global affairs, and growing migratory trends, are viewed with apprehension by those on the po...
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