Is US Engagement Back on Track in East Asia?

The Straits Times

14 November 2017

Joseph Chinyong Liow

Much has been made of Asia policy drift and disconnect in the first year of the embattled Trump presidency. To be sure, there is still much to be done, and indeed, American foreign policy-making under Mr Trump might still remain unorthodox, even erratic. But even the harshest critic must admit that his Asia trip could have gone much worse. All things being equal, Mr Trump’s extended tour of East Asia has offered up the prospect of a new momentum to US engagement in the region.

…Joseph Chinyong Liow is dean and professor of comparative and international politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.

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