Former US president Donald Trump was right about one thing: many of the world’s international institutions are flawed.
His arguments as to why were usually wrong, often veiled attempts to find a scapegoat for his own domestic woes. His response to those institutional flaws was worse. Like the kid who takes their ball and goes home, Trump’s approach was to run away, not pursue reform.
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Adam Triggs is director of research of the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, and a non-resident fellow in the Global Economy and Development program, Brookings Institution. Connect with Adam on Twitter.
