TAILIEUCHUNG - U.S.–Southeast Asia relations under the Trump Administration

This posts highlights the key differences that have emerged in . policy toward Southeast Asia under the Obama and Trump administrations. Then concludes by discussing the outlook for .–Southeast Asia relations and identifying several reasons for concern. | ROUNDTABLE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICA S EVOLVING ASIA POLICY Asia Relations under the Trump Administration Joseph Chinyong Liow The election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States has occasioned intense discussion over the likely shape of his administration s foreign policy toward Southeast Asia. Two broad views have emerged in this regard. The first contends that the political neophyte will attempt to make good on his campaign promises to reconsider . commitments to friends and allies and this will lead him to depart from prevailing policy toward East Asia and upend the order that has undergirded the region s prosperity and economic dynamism. A second view maintains that after an initial period of bluster good sense will prevail and policy toward Asia will fall back into a more familiar pattern as a result of geostrategic realities combined with the appointment of cabinet members who by most measures are of the order of previous incumbents. Needless to say the dust has yet to settle on this debate and it continues to be followed with great interest not to mention a fair amount of trepidation around the world not least in Southeast Asia. The first part of this essay highlights the key differences that have emerged in . policy toward Southeast Asia under the Obama and Trump administrations. The essay then concludes by discussing the outlook for Asia relations and identifying several reasons for concern. Differences between the Obama and Trump Administrations Policies toward Asia The Barack Obama years were heady days for Southeast Asia. Not since the ill-fated Vietnam War era had the United States paid as much attention and devoted as many resources to the region. Obama s Asia policy christened the pivot and later the rebalance saw the United States initiate the Strategic and Economic Dialogue and accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation established by the Association of Southeast Asian .

• Chính trị học
• Southeast Asia relations
• The Trump Administration
• US with Southeast Asia relations
• Obama and Trump administrations
• Outlook for US Southeast Asia relations
• Japan’s foreign economic policy
• Japan Vietnam relations
• State market interaction
• Southeast Asia region
• Trade policies in Vietnam