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Is Trump a peacemaker or global destabilizer?

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Terry Martin interviews Boris Vormann
January 20, 2026Advertisement
The world splitting up in spheres of influence cannot be in the interest of the US, Boris Vormann, a professor of political science at Bard College in Berlin, tells DW. Donald Trump, he says, has played a key role in bringing about a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but at the same time he is also destabilizing the global order.