"We're Not In A World Of Laws Anymore": Oxford Analytica On Trump's New Power Doctrine

Is the United States rewriting the rules of global power? In this in-depth conversation on Breaking Ground, Nicholas Redmond, Director of Analysis and Editor-in-Chief at Oxford Analytica, breaks down what he calls a decisive shift in US foreign policy under Donald Trump. From military action in Venezuela and renewed interest in Greenland to the seizure of Russian and Venezuelan oil tankers and the selective use of sanctions, Redmond argues that Washington is moving away from international norms toward a zero-sum, interest-driven doctrine. “We’re not in a world of laws, norms and institutions anymore,” he says, warning that power and coercion are increasingly replacing rules and values. The discussion explores whether the US has lowered the global threshold for the use of force, how rivals like Russia and China may respond, and whether this approach deters adversaries or risks greater instability. As Trump 2.0 reshapes geopolitics, the interview examines whether American leverage is being restored, or whether the global order itself is being fundamentally rewritten.