Bates College Journal of Political Studies
Abstract
This paper argues that the Trump administration has been the source of an increase in far-right political regimes and ideologies in the BRICS coalition while also emphasizing the United States’ hegemonic power in the modern liberal world order, harming the goal of multilateralism that is held by the BRICS coalition. Beginning with a literature review, the existing analyses are applied to this argument and organized to specify issues with the far-right and multilateralism that appear with each BRICS country. Counterarguments and potential issues with this argument are both brought up and challenged. Following this, a section on critique and analysis looks at different evidence and contributing factors to influencing the rise of the far-right in BRICS countries and uses them in supporting the main argument. Through this, the idea that the US under the Trump administration supports far-right authoritarianism across the globe is emphasized, resulting in the eventual weakening of the BRICS coalition and their goals.
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Usmani, Sophia
(2025)
"Trump, the Authoritarian Influencer: BRICS, the Rise of the Right, and the Fall of Multilateralism,"
Bates College Journal of Political Studies: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scarab.bates.edu/bjps/vol2/iss1/13