The American “New York Times” writes that Donald Trump wants a world where the United States, China and Russia would dominate their influence zones. Some experts point out that the US president's approach to the war in Ukraine is in line with the concept of influence zones.
Recent activities and statements of US President Donald Trump may indicate that the American leader would like the world in which the US, China and Russia They would dominate their influence zones – wrote the American New York Times. “It would be a return to the nineteenth -century style of imperial rule,” emphasized “NYT”.
The US president declared that he would like to pick up Dania Greenland, he talked about annexation Canada and restoring American control over the Panama Canal. The newspaper assessed these plans as Attempts to enlarge the dominance of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. According to her, this is the most clear signal that Trump wants to create Zone of influence in the neighborhood of the USA. The newspaper wrote that Trump and his team are trying to enlarge American influence from the Arctic Circle to Patagonia in South America.
Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine in accordance with the concept of influence zones
Trump also criticized allies and talked about the withdrawal of American soldiers from various parts of the world. This could be beneficial for Russia and China, which would like a lower presence of American forces in Europe and Asia – added “NYT”.
The newspaper pointed out that Trump praises the leaders of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin And XI Jinping, emphasizing that they are strong and wise men who are his friends.
“NYT” emphasized that Trump tried as part of a potential peace agreement to formalize Russian control over part of Ukrainian territory and American access to Ukrainian minerals. According to some critics of this solution as a result of such an agreement Ukraine would be divided. Similarly, in the past, in the era of the empires, there were powers – the newspaper pointed out.
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Some experts point out that Trump's approach to wars in Ukraine is in line with the concept of influence zones. The US talks with another big player, which is Russia, with the limits of a smaller country, Ukraine, and try to control its natural resources.
Monica Duffy Toft, prof. With Tufts University's Fletcher School, she assessed that the leaders of the US, Russia and China are still striving for “an imaginary past, which was more free and great.” “The domination and expansion of influence zones seems to restore the disappearing sense of greatness,” she wrote in Foreign Affairs.
“China will not give their assets so easily, without a fight”
Some close observers of Trump's actions, including representatives of his first administration, warn against treating his actions and statements as a strategic character. While Trump has a strong, well -established attitude towards such matters as immigration or trade, it There is no vision about the world order – they emphasize.
However, there are signs that may indicate a similarity between how Trump thinks and some of his advisers, and how the Empercators thought about influence zones.
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“NYT” estimated that building a zone of influence in post -mperial times is not easy, even for superpower. In this context, the newspaper reminded that last month in Canada the opponent Trump Mark Carney was the prime minister, and the leaders of Greenland rejected the proposal to go under American control. However, the Chinese threaten to stop the sale of American investors of the company managing two ports in the Panama Canal.
Yun Sun from Washington Stimson Center warned that “China would not give their assets in the western hemisphere so easily, without a fight.” The expert estimated that Beijing would like to conclude an agreement from the USA regarding the zones of influence, and China would be the most dependent on the question Taiwan.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in March during a visit to Surinam assured that the US did not conduct talks about the creation of influence zones.
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