When AWF25 opens its doors, it will mark six months since Donald Trump’s historic political comeback to be announced as the 47th US president.

At the time of writing this in early February – with the inauguration bunting barely down – we’ve already seen immigration and diversity crackdowns, a judiciary under pressure, an upending of US Middle East policy, threats of a trade war, breakneck moves in tech and social media and an attempt to buy Greenland… The list truly goes on.

Here to help make sense of Trump’s second term’s dizzying start, and offer their thoughts on what lies ahead for both Aotearoa New Zealand and the world are our expert panel: New York Times diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong, top international lawyer Philippe Sands and The Washington Post’s Asia Pacific editor Anna Fifield.

Chaired by The Globalist’s Georgina Godwin.