My Plans for Covering News that Matters During the Second Trump Administration

And how you can help

I’ve been running Global Dispatches for a very long time. I started it just after Obama began his second term in 2012, through the first Trump administration, then Biden, and now. The first Trump term was unlike the rest, though, due to the fact that much of his foreign policy was aberrational to so many elements of what had been a post-war American foreign policy consensus. So, we should be clear-eyed about what is coming. You can expect in-depth and nuanced coverage of how Trump’s second term impacts all matters of foreign policy, from relations with the United Nations to policies toward China, the trans-Atlantic relationship, Africa, and much, much more.

But there is a world beyond the United States. And it is through covering these global stories that I believe both I, and the Global Dispatches brand, can make a unique contribution in the coming years.

Focus on What Really Matters

I determine the news value of the stories that I cover for Global Dispatches based on the impact these s…