Hegemonía no liberal

Liberal internationalism had historically been the juncture from which the U.S. defined its international policy. It is a space in which multilateralism and international institutions, such as the U.N. –created by Washington and its allies in the second postwar period—, intended to achieve economic, political and social arrangements that give certainty and balance to global governance, while also limiting the threats to world peace that the actions of the Soviet bloc posed for the West. My argument here is that during the presidency of Trump this tacit agreement was outdone and the US foreign policy lost its way. Not only because of the turmoil caused by his wrecked and provocative narrative among both allies and opponents, but also because he deranged the chessboard pieces that the US had traditionally played in foreign policy, including the diplomatic advances that Obama, for good or ill, had achieved in Middle East, Cuba, Europe and Asia. In relation to the domestic democratic crisis surrounding his anomalous election, it is also argued that Trump takes away from the principle of hegemony –formerly preserved with utmost care by Washington— its "liberal" character.