Der globalistische Wahn: Warum Amerika ein neues Betriebssystem aufbauen muss

[Excerpt from essay by Nadia Schadlow, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. In 2017, she served as U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy in the first Trump administration.]

The global frame functions much like the passive voice in English: it conveniently detaches agency from problems and obscures true causes. It also produces elaborate organizational processes that impede real progress. Even advocates of global approaches acknowledge that international negotiations often entangle officials in dense webs of meetings, procedures, and rules. These layers of complexity slow action or prevent it altogether.

Disagreements over these competing operational approaches matter. They are straining alliances, complicating partnerships, and fueling accusations of isolationism, while leaving many of the world’s most vulnerable populations no better off.