(This article was written by Adelle Nazarian and appeared in The Western Journal. Trump’s ‘Peace Through Partnership’ Doctrine Has Been Vindicated, Again)

Recently, the world quietly admitted what many Americans already knew: President Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy was not only right — it was revolutionary.

In a rare display of unity, the United Nations Security Council on Oct. 31 voted with overwhelming support to back Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara, recognizing it as the only viable path toward peace.

After nearly five decades of paralysis, the United Nations has finally caught up to the reality Trump set in motion five years ago, one in which American clarity, not bureaucratic hesitation, defines diplomacy.

When President Trump recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara in December 2020, the foreign policy establishment gasped. They warned that it would “destabilize the region.” Instead, it did the opposite. It ended decades of diplomatic gridlock and strengthened one of America’s oldest and most loyal allies in what is an increasingly fragile region central for U.S. foreign and security policy interests; a nation central to counterterrorism, trade, and security across North Africa.

Five years later, the United Nations endorsement of Morocco’s plan is an admission that Trump’s “peace through partnership” approach works. It’s proof that realism, not idealism, builds lasting peace.

The decision confirms what many conservatives have argued all along: true, lasting peace comes from clarity, not endless committees. The Morocco breakthrough, however, was not an isolated victory. It was part of a broader shift in how America engages the world, a shift born under Trump’s leadership and defined by his willingness to put results before rhetoric.

For decades, U.S. diplomacy had been trapped in a cycle of committees, conferences, and compromises that led nowhere. Trump broke that cycle. His approach was simple: reward allies who deliver stability and stop funding those who thrive on chaos. That philosophy, call it the Trump Doctrine of peace through partnership, has left a legacy that continues to shape the Middle East and Africa today.

Morocco’s Autonomy Plan, which grants the people of the Sahara self-rule under Moroccan sovereignty, backed by extensive investments and security guarantees, is already transforming lives. New infrastructure, expanding trade corridors, and growing investments have replaced decades of neglect. The Western Sahara, once a symbol of stalemate, is now a showcase for what pragmatic diplomacy can achieve when paired with clear vision and American support.

But this resounding success didn’t happen in a vacuum. It reflects a broader diplomatic shift born during the Trump years, a style that has placed sovereignty, economic partnership, and realism over empty slogans.

Behind the scenes, that success was no accident. While the headlines have focused on world leaders, a quieter diplomacy has been at work. Led by individuals like Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor to the President for Arab and African Affairs and a seasoned strategist and tireless advocate of Trump’s foreign policy principles, Boulos has ensured that the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty remains, in his words, “irreversible.” His approach mirrors Trump’s own: respectful of allies, skeptical of bureaucracy, and focused on results, not rhetoric. In an era when many diplomats chase applause, Boulos like Trump has pursued outcomes that redefine what American strength looks like abroad.

The Western Sahara breakthrough is part of a pattern. The same clarity that guided Trump’s recognition of Morocco also underpinned the Abraham Accords, which reshaped the Middle East and ushered in an era of cooperation that most of the foreign policy establishment never thought possible. Across Africa, similar partnerships are now emerging, replacing the outdated “aid-first” mentality with a “partnership-first” model that rewards self-reliance and sovereignty.

Trump proved that peace isn’t purchased with endless aid checks or signed in glass conference rooms. The principle is simple: America should support those who build, not those who beg. It’s built by nations willing to take ownership of their future and stand beside America as equals, not dependents.

Under Trump, Morocco became a hub for renewable energy, advanced manufacturing, and counterterrorism cooperation, a partner the U.S. can rely on in an increasingly unstable region. Across the continent, countries are now seeking to replicate that success, pragmatic partnerships grounded in mutual respect and shared interest. Even recent peace efforts between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda reflect echoes of this approach: diplomacy backed by strength, not weakness.

The United Nations embrace of Morocco’s Autonomy Plan represents more than just a policy shift; it’s a moral one. It signals the triumph of realism over idealism and of courage over cowardice. Trump’s foreign policy was never about isolation or intervention for its own sake. It was about partnership, the kind that empowers nations to stand on their own two feet while aligning with America’s vision for stability and growth. It was about peace through strength, but also mutual respect. Now, the same global institutions that once dismissed his ideas are quietly affirming them.

The United Nations has validated what the Trump administration understood from the beginning: that peace cannot be imposed from New York or Brussels, it must be built by those willing to take responsibility for their destiny.

The Abraham Accords continue to expand, and following recent successes ending the war between the DRC and Rwanda, African nations are seeking similar partnerships that blend security with investment.

As the world grapples with new conflicts and shifting alliances, the lesson of Western Sahara is clear: Trump’s diplomacy works. It’s firm without being reckless, pragmatic without being cynical, and guided by a deep respect for national sovereignty. With advisers like Massad Boulos carrying that torch forward and applying a basic truth most diplomats forget, peace follows strength, and prosperity follows ownership. America will continue to take clear positions and reward nations that share its values.

This means everyone wins. And the world is better for it. It is only bureaucrats who profit from endless stalemates.

Trump’s foreign policy was never about isolationism or idealism. It was about partnership — the kind that brings results. The Western Sahara decision proves it. And with advisers like Massad Boulos continuing to champion that model, the case for returning to peace through partnership has never been stronger.

When America leads with strength and conviction, even the world’s most stubborn institutions eventually follow. The United Nations decision proves that peace through partnership works.

Adelle Nazarian is a Senior Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, a Washington D.C. based foreign policy and defense think tank.

(This article was written by Shea Bradley-Farrell and appeared in Human Events. Why President Trump’s Argentina support is strong ‘America First’ strategy)

Critics in Washington, D.C. argue that the Trump-Rubio Doctrine in Latin America — such as recent economic support to Argentina — is not “America First” policy, but they are objectively wrong. President Donald Trump uniquely realizes that decades of U.S. “benign neglect” of the southern part of the Western Hemisphere have left a void now filled with our adversaries. The U.S. lost military presence, geopolitical influence, and economic opportunity to China; bad actors from China, Russia, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and narco-terrorism have formed complex business and criminal networks in our own backyard, pushing drug and human trafficking, illegal immigration, terrorists, and more across our borders.

Recently, I met with Vice President Victoria Villarruel of Argentina and her Senate about the many great opportunities the U.S. and Argentina have right now — during the Trump-Milei era — for a mutually-beneficial partnership based on fraternity, hemispheric security, and homeland defense.

The United States needs the Milei administration. After almost a century of oppressive socialism, poverty, crime, and corruption, Argentina elected President Javier Milei, who has the courage to fight for freedom, drastically cut federal spending, eradicate corruption, and do the hard work to help Argentina prosper over the long term. Vice President Villarruel has even more in common with MAGA conservatives—she is pro-life, honors the military, stands for strong family values, and has a deep Catholic faith.

For the sake of our shared hemisphere, Argentina’s current leadership must not fail.

Allies of freedom, democracy, and free markets are shrinking in the Western Hemisphere. Authoritarianism, Marxism, and socialism are spreading. Consider Venezuela’s fraudulent authoritarian regime, Cuba’s one-party totalitarian communist regime, the repressive dictatorship in Nicaragua, and the Sao Paulo Forum, the “world’s largest and most impactful Marxist international organization,” active across Latin America, founded by Fidel Castro and Lula da Silva, and connected to guerrilla groups, terrorists, and drug trafficking.

President Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have put Latin America and the Western Hemisphere back at the center of U.S. foreign policy. Some call this a return to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, and there are similarities in that the U.S. rejects the influence of outside global powers, but the Trump-Rubio Doctrine is not patriarchal nor neocolonial. Instead, it seeks a mutual strategy for economic prosperity, hemispheric security, and shared homeland defense.

This is important: The Trump-Rubio Doctrine recognizes that in order to stop China’s plan of expansion and domination, just combating Chinese takeover in the Indo-Pacific is not enough; we must also stop China’s “victories” in our own hemisphere. This is how we win; this is how we protect our homeland.

Most Americans are aware of China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, its intellectual property theft, and its cybersecurity threat to the United States. However, China’s “whole of government campaign” against America and its citizens is much more: it includes the insidious infiltration of illegal aliens and fatal drugs in record numbers into the U.S. For example, fentanyl precursor chemical ingredients are supplied by China directly to the drug cartels below our southern border, then trafficked by the cartels illegally into the U.S. Under the Biden administration, fentanyl-related deaths became the number one killer of younger U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 to 45.

Obviously, supporting a free, law-abiding, and prosperous Latin America is an “America First” strategy. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. no longer tolerates drug cartels, as other administrations have, and is conducting military strikes against the cartels — attacking drug boats before they arrive in our country to make billions of dollars from exploiting our communities and killing our young people.

There are many opportunities for the U.S. to collaborate with and support free Latin America. Here are two important opportunities for collaboration with Argentina.

First, the $20 billion currency swap line agreement with Argentina’s central bank (which allows Argentina to exchange pesos for U.S. dollars) and the $20 billion credit line through private banks and sovereign wealth funds are both investments in our shared security. The U.S. is simply supporting Milei’s administration as it fights to restructure Argentina’s economy and become less economically reliant on Chinese investment and currency swap lines.

Decades of socialist and corrupt Peronist and Kirchnerist-led governments not only bankrupted Argentina but also pushed it toward heavy reliance on Chinese investment, trade, and business “partnerships” in infrastructure and technology, which China uses to spread its military intelligence and power. However, Milei has expressed a desire to sever some ties with China and strengthen economic and military ties with the U.S. Recently, Rubio signed a historic trade deal with Argentina’s foreign minister, which opens Argentine markets to U.S. industries.

As U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent put it: “I would rather use ‘peace through economic strength’ than have to shoot at narco boats coming offshore if the government collapsed …we are preempting the collapse of a government (from) going back to a Peronist agenda and a Left-Wing government. What if someone had … said, ‘look at what’s happening with Hugo Chavez, (or) Maduro,’ and had helped the opposition there?”

For critics to call U.S. economic support to Argentina “a bailout” is silly. The U.S. government did not just give away money (like we did to Ukraine); instead, it has already made a profit from the currency swap with Argentina, at the same time helping to stabilize an allied government during its congressional elections. And Milei’s party won in a landslide, giving him the legislative power to continue economic reforms in Argentina. This will also have positive effects on future democratic elections throughout Latin America.

Second, Argentina’s geographical location is an incredible strategic asset for monitoring and evaluation in the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctic with satellite surveillance, and maintaining our shared hemispheric defense and security. Argentina’s satellite leadership, with the National Space Activities Commission (CONAE), and its unique position and autonomy, give great advantages for launching satellites, ground operations, and testing and experimentation.

But the sale of Chinese military equipment and arms, and the establishment of Chinese ports, military bases, and observation facilities in Latin America, including the Espacio Lejano (“Outer Space”) Station run by the Chinese military in Patagonia, are serious security concerns. Although China denies nefarious intentions, the station enables global tracking and surveillance by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, with the ability to interfere with U.S. and other partners’ satellites.

Argentina has the ability to lead in space-based technology, and the U.S. is the best option for investment and partnership. Together, we can roll back China from our hemisphere.

The success of the Milei administration has created a platform for Argentina to take a position as a leader and model for regional success. The time is now for the United States to bind together with Argentina and the free nations of Latin America and fight to preserve our civilization. As Secretary Bessent rightly said, “We have a generational opportunity in Latin America to create allies.” I argue that we also have an obligation.

Tragically, under previous administrations, the U.S. lacked a clear strategy for partnership, investment, and presence in Latin America. In collaboration with Milei’s administration, the Trump-Rubio Doctrine for the Western Hemisphere can bring new and “out of the box” opportunities for U.S.-Latin American economic integration, defense, and security.

The time to seize these opportunities – together – is now.

Shea Bradley-Farrell is a Senior Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, a Washington D.C.-based foreign policy and defense think tank.