The 2016 U.S. presidential election and victory of now President Trump showed that domestic drivers have posed the main problems for the United States in Asia. There are few obvious opportunities for the United States in this new situation. The regional challenges facing America are the immediate threat of nuclear North Korea and various longer term challenges posed by rising China. U.S. domestic politics and divisions led to changes under President Trump creating more tensions in relations with Asia; they made coherent and effective U.S. policy difficult. Whether or not rising China is able and willing to fill the perceived leadership gap in Asia as American government attention is seen as episodic and often focused elsewhere remains to be seen.
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Front Matter
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PART I: THE US AND ASIA
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PART II: THE US’S ASIA PIVOT
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PART III: THE US POSITION IN ASIA
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PART IV: THE US MILITARY PRESENCE IN ASIA
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PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE US IN ASIA
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PART VI: CONCLUSIONS
