The 2024 US Election Result: Global Consequences

The US voted last week and now the rest of the world must prepare. What does this mean for Ukraine's future, the conflict in the Middle East, addressing climate change, trade and tariffs as well as all-round global stability? 

The former President, now President-elect, Donald Trump, has promised to end the war in Ukraine, let Israel ‘finish the job’, raise tariffs of 60% on China and 10-20% tariffs across the board, deport millions of undocumented migrants, and withdraw from numerous international and multilateral commitments. 

He rejects climate science, deregulate the US economy, and threatened a domestic agenda that would give the President far more power over federal agencies. More than 75 million Americans voted Trump, whether because or despite this agenda.  

With reports of Trump nominating a series of loyalists to top government positions, SOAS brings together a panel of experts to discuss the global consequences for the 2024 US elections. 

This panel is the first in a series of discussions that will consider the global consequences of the US election and of US power more generally in making, breaking, and adapting the international order.  

This event is hosted by the SOAS Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy. 

Meet the panel

• Contributing Chair, Professor Leslie Vinjamuri, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London 
• Dr Nick Westcott, Professor of Practice, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London 
• Dr Alvina Hoffman, Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies, SOAS University of London 
• Dr Harald Heubaum, Senior Lecturer in Global Energy and Climate Policy, and Deputy Director, SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London 
• Dr Nathaniel George, Lecturer in Politics of the Middle East, SOAS University of London 
• Professor Fiona Adamson, Professor of International Relations, SOAS University of London (TBC) 

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