Great Power Competition or Collusion?

Is President Trump’s approach to foreign policy best described as
a spheres of influence approach in which the major players are
the United States, China, and Russia? Chris, Melanie, and Zack
debate Stacie Goddard’s recent article outlining this idea and
assess the implications for Europe, Asia, and North America.
Chris expresses frustration with a new brand of American
corruption, Melanie highlights China’s acquisition of land near
Itaewon, and Zack laments the restructuring of the National
Security Council.
Links:



Stacie E. Goddard, “The Rise and Fall of Great-Power
Competition,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2025,
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/rise-and-fall-great-power-competition.




Monica Duffy Toft, “The Return of Spheres of Influence,”
Foreign Affairs, March 13, 2025,
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/return-spheres-influence.




Edward Wong, “Trump’s Vision: One World, Three Powers?,” New
York Times, May 26, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-russia-china.html.




Marc Caputo and Alex Isenstadt, “Scoop: Trump, Rubio take aim
at National Security Council’s ‘Deep State’,” Axios, May 23,
2025,
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/white-house-national-security-council-trump-rubio.




Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Makes Arrests Over Failed Ship
Launch That Angered Kim Jong-un,” New York Times, May 25,
2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/asia/north-korea-ship-launch-arrests.html.




Rebecca Ballhaus and Angus Berwick, “The Father Pursues
Trump’s Diplomatic Deals. The Son Chases Crypto Deals,” Wall
Street Journal, May 22, 2025,
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-steve-zach-witkoff-crypto-6d8a96be




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