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The Future of the Rebalance...
STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INCOMING
U.S. PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS ASIA.....EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
As in much of the world, policymakers in Asia have been transfixed by the twists and
turns of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.The contest between Donald Trump
and Hillary Clinton has unexpectedly set the stage for a comprehensive discussion
of America?s post-war foreign policy—including its commitment to the global
security system and a liberal trading regime. As the United States reexamines many
of the traditional assumptions about its role in the world, Asian leaders are deeply
concerned about America?s long-term support for the liberal, global economic order
and Washington?s political will to sustain its longstanding international security
commitments.
Faced with the forces of isolationism and economic nationalism, the United States
must not shrink from its leadership role in the international order. The U.S. has been
a major power in Asia for the past 70 years, a time of unprecedented and dramatic
economic expansion and societal change that has transformed virtually every Asian
nation and thrust the region as a whole into a position of global preeminence. Yet
despite these advances, the countries of Asia are contending with a number of
complex and potentially destabilizing international and internal challenges—from
territorial disputes and nuclear proliferation, maritime piracy and human and drug
trafficking, to corruption, rapid urbanization, environmental pollution, income
inequality and poverty, aging populations, and natural disasters..."
Source/publisher:
Asia Foundation
Date of Publication:
2016-11-14
Date of entry:
2016-11-22
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English
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