In the olden days there were rules in geopolitics: leaders weren’t always rocket scientists or even nice, but the big guys didn’t always beat up the little guys; the idea was that everyone was better off if everyone had a slice of the pie. Has the era of Donald Trump thrown all that out the window? What’s the new world diplomatic order?

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