Trumpism 2026: How Economic Coercion Shattered the Global Order

By July 2026, the instrumentalization of economic and technological coercion under renewed Trumpism has triggered a systemic global readjustment, fracturing alliances, eroding nuclear transparency, and redefining the Middle East through business-centric diplomacy. The collapse of the New START treaty and the weaponization of critical minerals mark a decisive shift from alliance-based stability to transactional coercion, where military leverage and resource dominance define international relations.