War Yet Unfought, Order Already Fractured? Reconsidering Variations and Rupture Points in International Institutions through Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Initiative

• In Event: The US and the Liberal World Order in Trump's Second Term

Brief Overview

Trump’s 2025 reciprocal tariffs signal a non war shift in global order, showing how a declining hegemon employs economic coercion to reshape institutions through preventive institutional reconfiguration.

Authors

• Hung-Chun Liu, National Cheng Kung University

• Hsin-Chih Chen, National Cheng Kung University