What has fundamentally changed with the Trump administration is not that it behaves more selfishly than its predecessors, but that it seems unconvinced that the global system serves US strategic interests. For the rest of the world, the key question is whether the global system is resilient enough to survive its creator’s withdrawal.

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Lessons from DavosDonald Trump, no surprise, was the star attraction at this year’s World Economic Forum's annual flagship meeting in Davos, as he attempted to make his “America First” approach palatable to global business. But Trump's economic impact remains very worrying, as do the economic and social frustrations that fueled his rise.