Donald Trump

US-China alignment under Trump and lessons from Ukraine for the Philippines
Reihana Mohideen — Like Ukraine, the Philippines could be reduced to a pawn in the US power play with China.

Trump 2.0: A new stage of imperialism
Paul Clarke — We are facing a new era of heightened US nationalism, imperialist bullying and oligarchic rule by diktat.

The Trump-Putin axis and its impact on global politics
Peter Hudis — Trump’s forging of a political alliance with Putin at the expense of Ukraine may not be totally unexpected, but its speed and extent represent a dramatic transformation of world politics.

Trump’s United States: Resisting the ‘everything, everywhere all at once’ blitzkrieg
Max Elbaum — MAGA’s fast-moving coup is upending the longstanding arrangements that have undergirded domestic politics and the US role in the world. What does this mean for the resistance, and how can the US left maximize its impact?

Russian political prisoner Boris Kagarlitsky on the Moscow-Washington axis
Boris Kagarlitsky — Washington’s new orientation is towards dominance, one that does not take into account the interests or rights of others, and in which Russia is being openly offered the role of junior partner.

Russian left statements: ‘The Putin-Trump “peace talks” will bring nothing but new imperialist wars’
On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian Socialists for Peace Without Annexations and Posle Media put forward a revolutionary left stance on the Trump-Putin negotiations.