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TEL AVIV – En menos de cuatro años, el presidente saliente de los Estados Unidos Donald Trump logró lo que en la historia sólo habían hecho guerras devastadoras: remodelar el orden mundial. Con su aislacionismo, su vocación autoritaria y su total arbitrariedad, Trump se dedicó alegremente a demoler las instituciones internacionales y organismos multilaterales que sus predecesores habían construido sobre las cenizas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y preservado desde entonces. ¿Y ahora?
Muchos esperan que tras la asunción del presidente electo Joe Biden, sea posible recuperar, e incluso renovar, la estructura internacional liberal. No hay duda de que sería deseable, pero lamentablemente, es una esperanza ilusoria. Todo indica que el orden post‑Trump se parecerá más a un regreso a la competencia interbloques de 1945 que a la euforia liberal que siguió a la Guerra Fría.
Para empezar, el gobierno de Biden se consumirá enfrentando la enorme tarea de curar las heridas internas que provocó Trump y corregir las debilidades críticas de Estados Unidos, que la pandemia dejó al descubierto. Superar la presidencia más divisiva de la historia del país no será ni rápido ni indoloro. La reforma de los Estados Unidos es un requisito para que recupere su capacidad de liderazgo global.
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