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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    252 : Dealing with Trump’s America

    Shahid Javed Burki

    20 January 2017

    This essay on a rare political phenomenon – the election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States – was as unexpected as is hard to explain. It will also have consequences for the United States and the world at large that will be profound and leave their mark on history. Over time a great deal will get to be written on the subject in popular books and in scholarly journals. This is an early attempt to cover the ground in several short sections. There are three main conclusions I will reach here.