The Great Power Reflexes of the United States under Donald Trump’s Second Term
Journal: Kapadokya Akademik Bakış
Year: 2025

After the Cold War, the U.S. emerged as the ‘remaining great power’, and further consolidated its position after the September 11 attacks. However, disputed American policies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine led to a decline in recognition of its leading status. The U.S. exhibited turbulent great power reflexes in these crises, resulting in relative failures to uphold the expected responsibilities of a great power to give a central direction to the trajectory of the international society