If Trump’s new administration were to walk away from all elements of global leadership, U.S. democracy support would evaporate. More likely, however, is that Trump’s second presidency will see various shifts in U.S. global engagement but hardly a full abrogation.

Pernicious polarization is a process that divides an electorate into two mutually distrustful camps. It can be thought of as us-versus-them polarization. It occurs when politics is reduced to a single dividing line around some kind of identity.

Key leaders cannot prepare fast enough on issues such as NATO, Ukraine, and trade.

A conversation on the impact of foreign policy in Trump’s electoral victory, whether Democrats will rethink their foreign policy agenda following their losses, and what changes Trump might make with respect to the wars in Europe and the Middle East and towards China.

Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan join Milan Vaishnav to unpack the results of the U.S. election and what a second Trump presidency will mean for U.S.-India relations.

Polarization is a mortal threat to democracy, and if the United States hopes to avoid violence and authoritarianism it needs to contemplate significant reforms to its political institutions and reinvigorate a commitment to a common purpose.