The U.S. has traditionally been at the centre of Western efforts to defend a rules-based international system, as well as liberal democratic and market-oriented structures. However, the Trump administration openly undermines this order. Even Agenda 2030 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals—a voluntary global consensus—are dismissed as instruments of “soft global governance” allegedly threatening U.S. interests and sovereignty (U.S. Mission to the UN, 2025).
SHIFTING GLOBAL PARAMETERS
€ 15,00
The U.S. has traditionally been at the centre of Western efforts to defend a rules-based international system, as well as liberal democratic and market-oriented structures. However, the Trump administration openly undermines this order. Even Agenda 2030 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals—a voluntary global consensus—are dismissed as instruments of “soft global governance” allegedly threatening U.S. interests and sovereignty (U.S. Mission to the UN, 2025).
