Authors : Harsh V. Pant | Vivek Mishra

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Published on Feb 01, 2025

Trump’s policies look homeward but impact the world

THE RE-ELECTION OF Donald Trump may have surprised some, but the period since his inauguration on January 20 has not. The Trump administration has been unapologetically resolute in pushing Senate confirmations for his appointees and in delivering on his campaign promises regarding immigration, tariffs, energy policy, and other key issues aimed at reshaping America’s power and influence. Trump has signed nearly 50 Executive Orders (EOs), both to enforce Republican-led legislative priorities and to reverse many Biden-era policies. The overarching theme of the second Trump administration centres on national renewal—a three-pronged agenda designed to tackle illegal immigration, address the rising cost of living, and restore the country’s position as a global power.

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Professor Harsh V. Pant is Honorary Member of the Romanian Institute for Europe-Asia Studies – IRSEA.

* Professor Harsh V. Pant is Vice President – Studies and Foreign Policy at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is a Professor of International Relations with King's India Institute at King’s College London. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi School of Transnational Affairs at Delhi University. Professor Pant has been a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; a Visiting Professor at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; a Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania; a Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies, McGill University; a Non-Resident Fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; and an Emerging Leaders Fellow at the Australia-India Institute, University of Melbourne. Professor Pant's current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent books include India and Global Governance: A Rising Power and Its Discontents (Routledge), Politics and Geopolitics: Decoding India’s Neighbourhood Challenge (Rupa), America and the Indo-Pacific: Trump and Beyond (Routledge), New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (Cambridge University Press), India’s Nuclear Policy (Oxford University Press), The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan), Handbook of Indian Defence Policy (Routledge), and India’s Afghan Muddle (HarperCollins). Professor Pant writes regularly for various Indian and international media outlets including the Japan Times, the Wall Street Journal, the National (UAE), the Hindustan Times, and the Telegraph.

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