As Donald Trump delivers his maiden address to the UN General Assembly, the world will weigh his words with even more care than US presidents’ speeches normally receive. What does his “America First” approach portend for US global leadership?
- Javier Solana foresees an increasingly intense struggle for global primacy between the US and China.
- Richard Haass warns that an international system without US leadership may have no leadership at all.
- But Joseph Nye thinks that Trump’s chaotic leadership may turn out to be a mere historical blip.