Trump’s Doctrine of Texturing: The Architecture of a Post-Global World

08.19.2025

By Valikhan Tuleshov

Trump’s Doctrine of Texturing: The Architecture of a Post-Global World

Based on the reforms and actions of Donald Trump during his presidency, we can see the contours of a distinct doctrine emerging—a doctrine of texturing, which is shaping a new post-global world order. At its core, this is not simple disruption, but a deliberate re-stitching of the global fabric** in ways that prioritize American interests.

Beyond Liberal Globalism

Acting outside the paradigm of traditional liberal internationalism, Trump has launched a structural shift in world governance. What may appear chaotic, populist, or isolationist actually follows a clear logic: global ties are unraveled, recast, and re-stitched into a pattern of bilateral relationships, each defined by confrontation, interest, and advantage.

This is not destruction for its own sake. It is a neo-imperial stitching strategy, where universalism yields to the sovereign fabric of the United States.

The Pillars of the Textural Doctrine

1. Deinstitutionalization of Global Bodies

Trump views institutions like the WTO, NATO, WHO, and the UN not as guarantors of order but as outdated layers that obscure true national interests. By tearing apart these seams, he seeks to expose and control the real fabric: debts, resources, trade, and power.

2. Binarization of Relations

Trump replaces the “all-with-all” model of multilateralism with “one-on-one” negotiations. Each country becomes a separate fabric unit—an isolated node in bilateral bargaining, where the U.S. dictates terms as the dominant center of power.

3. Tariffs and Sanctions as Geopolitical Needles

For Trump, economic coercion is not auxiliary to politics—it is the primary tool of texturing. Tariffs, sanctions, and trade restrictions cut old seams and redirect flows, sewing a new pattern of power.

4. Creation of the American Supertexture

The ultimate goal is the sovereign “supertexture” of the United States. In trade, energy, and security, America detaches itself from the global canvas, restructuring every flow, contract, and obligation in its favor.

Civilizational Texturing

This doctrine shifts the logic of global order from geopolitics to geoeconomics and geocivilization. Alliances based on ideology give way to networks based on shared interests. Thus, the U.S. strengthens ties with Israel, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and parts of Eurasia—not for values, but for positions in the new fabric of influence.

The world map is no longer unipolar or even bipolar—it is polymatter: fragmented, textured into autonomous zones (China, Turkey, Russia), hybrid nodes (India, Vietnam), and vulnerable fabrics (the EU, Africa, Latin America).

In this context, bilateral deals, tariffs, and selective military bases become tactical stitching tools. The media and post-truth narratives act as threads, weaving perception into the new order.

Russia in the Textural Vision

For Trump, Russia’s role is not elimination, but redefinition:

* From Global to Regional Node: Trump seeks to downgrade Russia’s status from global player to regional fabric, forcing it to tailor ambitions within limited boundaries.

* From Legislator to Supplier: Russia can remain an exporter of oil, gas, metals, and grain, but not a rule-maker. Pricing, logistics, and sanctions remain under U.S. control.

* Breaking Old Seams of Influence: Sanctions, financial blockades, and regional conflicts are used to erode Russia’s reach in Ukraine, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central Asia—without direct war, but through constant pressure and constraint.

The ideal outcome for Trump is a resource-based Russia—functional but dependent, a bridge between the U.S. and China rather than an independent architect of global order.

A New Art of Political Weaving

In this era of civilizational texturing, power no longer rests solely on weapons or money, but on the ability to re-stitch connections, redirect flows, and sustain new patterns amid ruptures. The United States wields the needle, while other powers struggle to adjust their fabrics.

Thus, Trump’s doctrine should not be seen as a return to past isolationism, but as the prototype of a new political weaving—a dynamic, fragmented, and functional order where influence is measured by the craft of stitching the global fabric to one’s own advantage.