Engage MAGA as Foreign Gatekeepers

Updated: 2025.10.05 16D ago 6 sources
Nationalist conservatives now hold key foreign‑policy posts, shape conservative media, and anchor the GOP’s rising cohort. Allies like Taiwan that cultivated establishment Republicans must build relationships with this faction, whose views on Taiwan are still mostly unformed and thus influenceable. — It reframes alliance management as intra‑U.S. coalition management, a practical guide for how partners secure support in Washington.

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Will extremists wreck the Gaza deal?
David Patrikarakos 2025.10.05 56% relevant
The article argues that, like him or not, only Donald Trump can corral Netanyahu, raise funds, and impose an international consensus on Gaza—echoing the thesis that allies must engage MAGA-aligned power centers because they now gate key U.S. foreign-policy outcomes.
Speculation on the Emerging Post-Liberal World Order
Dr. Nathanial Bork 2025.08.16 66% relevant
The article proposes a MAGA‑led alignment with Russia and outreach to right‑leaning parties across Europe and Latin America to counter China, echoing advice that allies must build ties with MAGA power centers to secure U.S. backing under a Trump‑led coalition.
Did Taiwan “Lose Trump?”
T. Greer 2025.08.16 100% relevant
The piece notes Greens/DPP have weak ties to 'MAGAland,' and that figures like Hsiao Bi‑khim are largely unknown to many new GOP decision‑makers.
Taiwan: Wei Leijie’s Case for a "Once-in-a-Century" Deal with Trump
Thomas des Garets Geddes 2025.07.26 70% relevant
Wei Leijie’s proposal to strike a reunification bargain specifically with Trump treats nationalist conservatives as decisive U.S. foreign‑policy gatekeepers whose views can be shaped or leveraged, echoing the need for allies and adversaries to engage this faction directly.
Western Ideological Exhaustion and China's Trump Opportunity by Zheng Yongnian
Thomas des Garets Geddes 2025.06.27 68% relevant
By endorsing Trump’s break with elite liberalism as productive, Zheng reflects a broader shift to engage the U.S. nationalist right as the key audience for foreign policy alignment, reinforcing the need for partners (and rivals) to cultivate ties with that faction.
Observations From India
T. Greer 2025.01.05 78% relevant
The India Foundation hosted a delegation to build 'direct links between Indian and American nationalists,' mirroring the argument that allies must cultivate relationships with the GOP’s nationalist faction rather than rely on establishment Republicans.
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