Masculine Foreign Policy: Geopolitical Codes Interpretation of Donald Trump 2nd Term

Agastya Wardhana; Vanyadhita Iglian

doi:10.20884/juss.v8i2.18128

Agastya Wardhana Universitas Airlangga
Vanyadhita Iglian Universitas Airlangga

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20884/juss.v8i2.18128

Abstract

This study offers an alternative explanation of Donald Trump's foreign policies during his second presedential term through a feminist lens in International Relations. Using the concept of hegemonic masculinity as the main analytical framework, combined with the geopolitical codes framework Through a speech analysis of ten of Trump’s foreign policy speeches and remarks delivered between January 21 and September 30, 2025, the study dissects his discourse across five dimensions of geopolitical reasoning. The findings reveal that Trump’s foreign policy consistently enacts and reproduces the logic of hegemonic masculinity by privileging dominance, transactional loyalty, coercive strength, and uniteralism. In this configuration, statecraft is remasculinized: protection becomes synonymous with control, and diplomacy is subordinated to unilateral power.

Author Biographies

Agastya Wardhana, Universitas Airlangga

Agastya Wardhana is a lecturer of international relations at the Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) Surabaya. His research interest are US Foreign Policy, Great Power Politics, and Geopolitics. He taught several classes such as Foreign Policy Analysis, US Society, Culture and Politics ,Geopolitics and Geostrategy, Strategic Culture and International Relations Theory among other. His writings is published in journal such as Global Strategis, Asian Politics and Policy and Tamkang Journal of International Affairs.

Vanyadhita Iglian, Universitas Airlangga

Vanyadhita is a student in the department of International Relations, Universitas Airlangga.