Is Donald Trump the boss of the world? Belgian professional in the US analyzes: “The message to Russia and China is clear: we can do what you cannot”

From Washington DC, professor of international political economy Matthias Matthijs (46) sees how the balance of power is shifting. The Flemish professor teaches at the renowned Johns Hopkins University and knows both Europe and the US – where he has lived for 24 years – inside out. It is precisely this double view that makes his analysis sharp and sometimes disturbing. “Europe is in trouble. Trump knows that the Europeans – weak, slow, too democratic – always give in.”

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