Making Greenland and Venezuela Great Again

Mihai Postelnicu

An Analysis of Trump’s Foreign Policy and its Conformity with Scholarly Definitions of Imperialism

Timeframe: 01/12/2024 – 01/01/2026

United States of America · International Cooperation · Issue II

Key Insights

• The article aims to determine if Trump’s behaviour regarding Venezuela and Greenland fit modern scholarly definitions of Imperialism. Both Venezuela and Greenland show characteristics of economic and geological imperialism. Trump’s behaviour can fit into a imperialism definition, but a lack of consensus on modern imperialism characteristics and other influences unrelated to imperialism makes a definite answer difficult.

Definition

Imperialism: “the systematic inter-play of capitalist development and geopolitical conflict in the construction and reproduction of international hierarchy”

Securing critical supplies necessary for the economy aligns with the economic imperialism school of thought and reflects Trump’s attempts to exert international influence through economic means.

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