Trump's Ten Revolutions: The Remaking of Politics in the West
US President Donald Trump has a massive impact on global politics from potential peace settlements in Ukraine to global tariffs, the military intervention in Iran, the viability of a common climate change agenda and far beyond. At the same time, he is also a highly interventionist president within the United States.
Analysts regularly focus on the ad-hoc character of his interventions and his assumed dependence on last minute influences and sudden mood changes. This creates the impression that actions are largely unforeseeable and therefore cannot be prepared for.
During this talk, it will be argued on the contrary that, behind the seemingly chaotic daily events, there are well reflected strategic changes of US policy that can be known and allow for reflected policy responses: the 10 revolutions of Donald Trump.
Meet our speaker and chair
Klaus Welle is Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE European Institute. He was previously Secretary General of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2022. His previous roles in Brussels include serving as chief of staff to the President of the European Parliament, as Director General for EU Internal Policies in the Parliament's administration, and as Secretary General successively of the European People's Party (EPP) transnational political party and of the EPP political group in the European Parliament.
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