Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific
Author: Ted Gover, Central Texas College
President Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine is a vigorous argument to change the United States’ actions at home and abroad while departing from the US postwar order that Trump argues left many US workers behind. This markedly different platform has created uncertainty in regional affairs, giving policymakers in Washington and elsewhere plenty of consternation as they strive to adjust. Read more…
Author: Editors, East Asia Forum
Late last week Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with US President Donald Trump in Washington DC. This was their second meeting after a November stopover which made Abe the first world leader to meet with Trump after his election victory. Read more…
The inauguration of the 45th US President, Donald Trump, is a game-changer and the fallout threatens Asian interests perhaps more than those in any other part of the world.
Author: Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE
Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency came as a major surprise to Japan and the rest of Asia. And Trump’s controversial campaign rhetoric has brought into question the pillars of US foreign policy, including the value of US alliance relationships, its commitment to free trade and its willingness to protect regional stability in the Asia Pacific.
Author: Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE
Donald Trump has defied all expectations about the US presidential election by emerging as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. For Japan, his extreme rhetoric brings to the fore a fundamental question as to the future of the US alliance system and its global leadership Read more…
Author: Christian Wirth, Tohoku University
At the end of this month President Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima. The momentous visit is planned around Obama’s trip to nearby Ise-Shima for the G7 Summit. Read more…
Author: Pandu Utama Manggala, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Signed in 1951, the US–Japan Security Treaty and the alliance it established have endured for over six decades and continue to play an instrumental role in shaping the regional security order. But with Republican presidential nominee frontrunner Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ isolationist foreign policy views gaining traction in the United States, concerns are mounting over the future of the alliance.
