207. ASIA BEYOND THE HEADLINES: U.S.-Asia Relations under the Trump Administration

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

What lies ahead for U.S.-Asia relations with Donald Trump occupying the Oval Office? What are some of the hot-button issues that President Trump will have to negotiate with his Asian counterparts? How might his policies differ from those of Barack Obama, who sought to “rebalance” the American relationship with Asian countries? Five experts will discuss these questions and more in this Asia Beyond the Headlines panel, which will feature John Delury (Yonsei University), Tanvi Madan (The Brookings Institution), Vincent Weifeng Ni (BBC World Service), Tom Pepinsky (Cornell University), and Sheila Smith (Council on Foreign Relations); Mary Gallagher (University of Michigan) will moderate.

Area of Study

• Interarea-Border Crossing

Session Organizer

• Mary E. Gallagher, University of Michigan

Chair

• Mary E. Gallagher, University of Michigan

Discussants

• John Patrick Delury, Yonsei University

• Vincent Wei-Feng Ni, University of Oxford

• Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University

• Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations

• Tanvi Madan, The Brookings Institution