Author - Tiberio Graziani

The article examines control of the Western Hemisphere as a structural foundation of the United States’ global strategy during the transition phase of the international order. Arguing that Washington’s security and power projection depend on securing the hemispheric space, the text interprets the approach promoted by Donald Trump not as a rupture, but as a deliberate acceleration of a long-standing strategic logic. The analysis links this acceleration both to the growing pressure exerted by emerging actors and alternative coalitions, and to the economic, industrial, and social crises within the United States, exacerbated by the political urgency of the midterm elections. Through an examination of key continental nodes, the symbolic dimension of power, technological supremacy, and control of space, the article contends that “hemispheric closure” represents—for Washington—an indispensable precondition for sustaining a prolonged global competition.