Ehsan Sadeqi
An Overview of Trump’s Recent East Asia Tour

An Overview of Trump’s Recent East Asia Tour

The second overseas trip by US President Donald Trump following his visit to the Middle Eastern states took him to East Asia, including Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, from November 3 to 14, 2017. The visit took place at a time that crisis was escalating on the Korean Peninsula and that crisis even overshadowed Trump’s two-way talks with the leaders of Japan, South Korea and China. The main question that the following paper wants to answer is “has the United States’ strategy toward East Asia undergone any major change following Trump’s first visit to this region?” To answer this question and to asses Trump’s East Asia tour, first of all, the main...

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