Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a discussion with Dr. Kenneth Roberts, a professor of comparative and Latin American politics in the College of Arts and Sciences. The topic at hand was the changing role of the U.S. on the global stage, particularly in the context of 45’s cavalier dealings with both allies and not-so-friendly nations. In other words, Trump is playing differently with America’s besties, frenemies, and exes, and it’s affecting the way those players deal with us and with each other. Dr. Roberts explained the costs and benefits of multilateral organizations, like the UN and NATO, versus more unilateral forms of organization. Personally, I think that isolationism just won’t work the same in the Age of the Internet. Last time America tried the isolationism thing, sonar technology was the latest thing; nowadays, foreign governments can hack whole elections from across the world in real time. Whether DJT likes it or not, we live in a inextricably interconnected world where every action has ripple consequences.