Synopsis: Donald Trump’s election to the presidency unsettled many areas of American foreign policy, but few more than the nation’s relationship with East Asia. From China to Japan to the two Koreas, this region has emerged over the past decades as both a dynamic economic and cultural partner as well as a serious challenge to global stability and American pre-eminence. The list of serious issues that have emerged from East Asia over the past year is long and diverse: North Korea’s nuclear program; the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative; America’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership; the controversies over the THAAD missile system; questions related to cybersecurity, tariff policy, and human rights; territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas; and much more.
Considering the importance of East Asia and the seriousness of the emerging challenges in the area, it is imperative that scholars evaluate the administration’s initial steps and make recommendations for the future. Accordingly, this workshop will offer a one-year retrospective on US-East Asian relations, with presentations by a number of scholars who focus on the region and a subsequent question and answer session.
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