It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In the fourth part of a series looking back at the events of 2025, we examine the impacts of Trump’s foreign policy on global geopolitics.
As the administration of US President Donald Trump ends its first year, expect the unabashed disrupter to continue applying a wrecking ball to long-standing US national security architecture, threatening global stability and jolting long-time allies, with China a major beneficiary, say analysts and former government officials.
But even as Trump strives to bend global norms to his will, he is also acting, however roughshod, on an often unacknowledged reality, they add: America’s closest partners have not always carried their weight and Washington can no longer afford to do everything.