By James M. Dorsey

Might is right.

That sums up US President Donald J. Trump’s vision of a 21st-century world order.

Barely a month in office, Mr. Trump has not wasted time creating building blocks for his worldview.

Mr. Trump’s efforts to end fighting in Ukraine, coupled with his territorial ambitions in Gaza, Greenland, Panama, and Canada, have put the ‘might is right’ principle on steroids. So has the president’s unilateral renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. To read further, listen to the podcast, or watch the video, please go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/trump-puts-might-is-right-principle

By James M. Dorsey

is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, and a forthcoming book with the same title.