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Asia needs a new road map as Trump tears up the old one
China and India must find ways to manage their differences while Asia puts guard rails in place to secure its future.
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The post-WWII assumption that U.S. power would underwrite regional stability no longer holds.
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Nirupama Rao
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Mr Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reshaping America and the world. The swift reimposition of tariffs, including on key Asian economies, signals that the United States has radically discounted the value of normative geopolitics, unleashing a deluge of uncertainty.
All this is outside the comfort zone of conventional diplomacy. It is about deglobalisation and economic coercion. “America First” recalls a 19th century geometry of power, with unilateralism holding sway. Where have you gone, Pax Americana?
