The primary institution for establishing rules has been the US-led international order for more than 70 years. Whether in South America, Asia, Africa, or Europe, it is confronted with several difficulties.
New Delhi: In a highly significant election for the global order, Americans will choose between Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris, two candidates with diametrically opposed ideologies, as their next president on November 5. The election will be watched intently by people all around the world.
The election to the White House occurs at a critical juncture for the rules-based international system that Washington, D.C., has championed for the past 70 years.
The policies of current President Joseph R. Biden Jr., which have angered close friends like Israel in addition to a number of others, may be continued under a Harris presidency. However, a Trump administration might cause the US to veer 180 degrees from its current course and adopt neo-isolationism.
The next president will face a world replete with violence, whether it be in Europe, West Asia, East Asia, Africa, or even its own neighborhood—South America—if the COVID-19 epidemic was viewed as a generational era stressor that helped Biden win the presidency in 2020.
This election has the potential to be among the most important in US history. Donald Trump will face a very different scenario than he did in 2016 if he wins. Harsh V. Pant, vice-president, Studies and Foreign Policy at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), told ThePrint that the international system was less broken back then than it is today.
“Trump’s rhetoric is extremely unnerving towards (US’) European partners,” Pant continued. For instance, siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine would jeopardize the security that Europe has enjoyed thus far.
As the existing vice president, Harris would provide some continuity to the Biden administration, even though her policy choices would differ slightly from those of the current US president, as noted by Pant.
“Kamala Harris has little experience in foreign policy. She doesn’t appear to have a well-defined viewpoint. The uncertainty and turmoil that accompany Trump’s leadership pose the greatest threat to a Trump presidency, according to Rajesh Rajagopalan, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) School of International Studies.
Peace and globalization, the two pillars around which global security was built, have been called into question by the war with Ukraine in Europe, upending the entire foundation of the US-led international rules-based order that has existed since 1945.
One of the current effects of the war is a more fragmented order, with a new axis being formed that includes Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang—nations that openly challenge the US and its allies by using their own military if necessary, or in the case of Iran, by funding proxies throughout West Asia.
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