Articles by Shamsoddin Shariati

August 20, 2025

Trump’s foreign policy playbook returns: what Europe must learn

Shamsoddin Shariati

From escalating trade wars with the EU to snap ultimatums on Iran, Donald Trump's international playbook is startlingly predictable. Trump seeks not agreement, but surrender. Shamsoddin Shariati explains how Europe must now learn from this pattern, and respond with firmness, not concession

Shamsoddin Shariati

PhD Candidate, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Shamsoddin is a recipient of the John & Pat Hume Doctoral Award.

He serves on the board of the Irish Association for Contemporary European Studies (IACES) and has worked as a research assistant at the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies.

His research explores state capacity, public administration, trust-building mechanisms, crisis governance, and European Union studies.

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