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Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Goujon and East Asia Analyst John Minnich discuss the critical foreign policy issues facing President-elect Donald Trump.
Joshua Kurlantzick, Asia Unbound
Now, many Southeast Asian nations fear that they will have to either build closer ties to Beijing or bolster their own security, as the United States focuses its gaze internally.
Chandran Nair, Financial Times
The Pax Americana is outdated and it is time for regional powers to realign.
Carl Bildt, Washington Post
By design or by default, Donald Trump transmits signals of support to the forces seeking to fracture Europe.
L. Todd Wood, RealClearWorld
The world has changed with the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Ã Business as usual is clearly over. That is a good thing.
Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate
On November 8, as Donald Trump was sealing his victory in the US presidential election, a conference in Brussels commemorated the legacy of the late Václav Havel. As we enter the Trump era, that legacy could not be more important, especially for Europe.
Benjamin Friedman, War on the Rocks
Trump's presidency will prove conventionally hawkish. Trump is likely to jettison his vaguely non-interventionist campaign rhetoric, make nice with allies, and maintain tense relations with Russia and China. He'll support the current wars and may start more.
Nahal Toosi, Politico
Russia and China appear emboldened, while Mexico strikes a defensive posture, with two months still left until Trump takes power.
Barbara Demick, LA Times
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursdayà became the first foreign head of stateà to meet face to face with Donald Trump since the election.
N. Schluger, RCH
In his Oct. 12 op-ed ?The United Nations Report on Access to Medicines is a Public Health Hazard,? John Graham took issue with UN recommendations, making what is essentially an argument for...
Joshua Keating, Slate
British foreign minister and Brexit booster Boris Johnson has assured British voters 'we'll have our cake and eat' when it comes to withdrawal from the ...
Karina Orlova, American Interest
Is the fall of Alexey Ulyukaev, the Minister for Economic Development, the beginning of the end for Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's heir apparent?
B. Ben Taleblu & P. Megahan, FDD
Iranian and Chinese security officials signed a military-cooperation agreement this week to establish aà joint commissionà to boost defense ties. Since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the subsequent severing of U.S. military assistance, Tehran has relied on Chinese arms to supplement its defenseà industry. This week'sà agreement, however, will significantly bolster ties that for decades existed mostly behind closed doors, and underscore the countries' shared... Читать дальше...
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
âÂÂAny action by a president, or any result of an election, or any legislation that has proven flawed can be corrected.âÂÂÃ
Todd Crowell, RealClearDefense
TOKYO ? It is fair to assume that Donald Trump, like millions of Americans, has never heard of the Senkaku islands, a small group of uninhabited rocks in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China.
V. Felbab-Brown, Brookings
Overwhelming evidence shows that it is in the interests of the United States and Mexico to continue deepening their economic and security cooperation. Vanda Felbab-Brown offers concrete policy prescriptions for doing so under the next U.S. administration.
Barbara Demick, LA Times
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursdayà became the first foreign head of stateà to meet face to face with Donald Trump since the election.
Charles Lister, Foreign Policy
The president-elect wants to ally with Assad and Russia to fight the Islamic State â but he's going to end up empowering extremists.
Peter Bergen, CNN
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who played a key role in Trump's campaign and may be slated for a leading role in administration, favors an aggressive stance against "radical Islam" and some Islamic regimes
Blake Franko, National Interest
The new administration should not listen to neoconservatives like Eliot A. Cohen, who enthusiastically led America into fiascos such as the Iraq War.Ã
Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
Money is not the problem with Europeâ??s defense. Apart from the lack of political will, it is duplication and inefficiency, which undermine efforts for an integrated security policy.
