Briefing notes: Trump 2.0 special edition

🌐 On the global governance shake-up of Jan-Feb 2025

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

WorldWise readers—

This is where paying subscribers can access occasional briefings on issues on the media radar. In a special edition, our curated news and analysis offer a snapshot of how a series of actions taken by the new US administration in the span of less than 4 weeks brought seismic changes to long-established foundational structures in global aid, environmental protection and social justice.

The main sections:

• First reports emerge a couple of days after inauguration

• Then, an avalanche…

• In painful detail: the demise of USAID

• Reporting & warnings on the repercussions

• The end of global leadership for the US

• How to respond?

Dive in…

Last updated: 19 February 2025

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