Trump’s Retreat as World’s Top Cop Opens the Door to Regional Strife

This piece is from a Bloomberg Economics report for the New Economy Forum which went to press in October.

President Donald Trump is remaking America’s role in the world. In his vision, the US stops underwriting global security and still delivers peace. He has pressed allies to boost their defense budgets, claimed credit for mediating conflicts in Africa and the Middle East and vowed to bring the war in Europe to a close.