“Given how the Trump administration did not pay sufficient consideration to constructing partnerships with like-minded states in Asia,” stated Aries A. Arugay, the chair of the political science division on the College of the Philippines Diliman, “a second Trump presidency will endanger the momentum achieved by the revitalized United States-Philippine relations.”
However Bilahari Kausikan, a former high diplomat from Singapore, cautioned towards equating American values with Asian ones.
“We construction our relationship with the U.S. rather more on the premise of widespread pursuits quite than widespread values,” he stated. “And the people who find themselves very upset over the prospect of Trump, whether or not in Europe or within the U.S., or individuals who really feel that he doesn’t share their values, we don’t share the values within the first place, not all of them anyway.”
The decision towards Mr. Trump got here as India was wrapping up its 44-day election season. Manoj Jha, an opposition politician, stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, who’s working for a 3rd time period, has employed a number of the similar techniques as Mr. Trump by “demonizing a piece of his personal inhabitants.”
“They thrive on concern,” Mr. Jha stated.
In a minimum of one regard — the prosecution of former leaders — the remainder of the world is way forward of the USA. South Korea, the place 4 ex-presidents have been convicted of corruption and abuse of energy, has made one thing of a nationwide sport of imprisoning disgraced leaders. Former French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac had been convicted of corruption.
Jacob Zuma, the previous president of South Africa, has been charged with cash laundering, amongst different crimes. And Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sentenced to years in jail for corruption after main Brazil. His convictions had been ultimately annulled. He’s once more president of the nation.
Camille Elemia, Choe Sang-Hun, Motoko Wealthy, Alexandra Stevenson, Sui-Lee Wee and Sameer Yasir contributed reporting.
