{"id":234512,"date":"2025-04-11T18:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/beyond-disruption-three-theories-of-trumps-strategy-for-american-power-dw-analysis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:05:25","slug":"beyond-disruption-three-theories-of-trumps-strategy-for-american-power-dw-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/beyond-disruption-three-theories-of-trumps-strategy-for-american-power-dw-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond disruption: Three theories of Trump\u2019s strategy for American power | DW Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cVB2o1rNhPg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond disruption: Three theories of Trump\u2019s strategy for American power | DW Analysis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVB2o1rNhPg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Does Donald Trump have a foreign policy strategy? Many assume he is too disruptive to follow one. But it might not be so simple. Plenty of his actions do align with established strategic thinking \u2013 which could help us anticipate what comes next. In this video, DW\u2019s Richard Walker unpacks three theories:<br \/>\n1) That Trump is a foreign policy \u2018Realist\u2019<br \/>\n2) That he plans to attempt a diplomatic coup known as a \u2018Reverse Kissinger\u2019<br \/>\n3) That he is pursuing a vision of geopolitical \u2018Spheres of Influence\u2019<br \/>\nHistorian of US foreign policy Stephen Wertheim spells out each strategy, the goals and the risks versus rewards. And analysts Gautam Chikermane, Liana Fix, Alexander Gabuev, and Amanda Hsiao examine the consequences for the rest of the world, with a special focus on Europe, India, Russia, Ukraine, China, and Taiwan. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro<br \/>\n3:22 Realism<br \/>\n5:50 International order<br \/>\n7:23 America First<br \/>\n9:34 \u201cRealist businessman\u201d<br \/>\n11:05 Realism and NATO<br \/>\n12:01 Europe responds<br \/>\n14:46 Reverse Kissinger<br \/>\n17:10 Variants on Kissinger<br \/>\n19:05 Russians are ready<br \/>\n20:14 US calculations<br \/>\n21:25 Russian calculations<br \/>\n22:34 Playing Trump?<br \/>\n25:29 Nuclear deal?<br \/>\n26:28 China\u2019s calculations<br \/>\n27:42 Impact<br \/>\n30:43 Spheres of influence<br \/>\n31:50 Greenland<br \/>\n33:41 Historical echoes<br \/>\n36:09 Imperial expansionism?<br \/>\n39:44 Deal of the century?<br \/>\n42:36 \u201cVery dangerous world\u201d<br \/>\n44:35 Taiwan<br \/>\n46:39 Theaters interlinked<br \/>\n48:08 Unintended consequences<\/p>\n<p>#DonaldTrump #USforeignpolicy #trumppolicies<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Donald Trump have a foreign policy strategy? 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