ISAS Briefs

This article is the first of a series of papers written to develop a better understanding of how Donald Trump, elected to the United States presidency on 8 November 2016 and sworn in as America's 45th president on 20 January 2017, is likely to influence the world. The impact of his policies will be profound on the Asian continent. They will set back its rate of economic growth by slowing down the expansion in international trade. They will inhibit the movement of Asians to the world's more developed countries. They will pose serious problems over the long run because of the way the Trump administration is reacting to climate change. The main purpose for this work is to alert Asia's policymakers to the challenges they must confront because of the emergence of Trump and Trumpism in global politics.