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There is no doubt that Abe and Trump had a genuine friendship. However, what is often overlooked was how hard Abe worked to make that a reality.

There is no reason to believe that the bilateral relationship will not continue along its current positive trajectory.

The upcoming change in the U.S. administration is likely to affect Bangladesh's politics, economy, climate change adaptation, and more.

Parsing Trump’s China policy – and China’s likely response. 

On November 5, voters went to the polls on U.S. Pacific islands: the state of Hawai'i and the three U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI). 

The region has become more connected to Europe and less dependent on Russia and China than when Trump was last in office. 

Last month, the Trump Organization agreed to build a $1.5 billion course in Hung Yen, the home province of Communist Party chief To Lam.

A disproportionately hardline policy from the incoming Trump administration could ultimately see a more isolated U.S. lose the tech war, and a great deal more. 

Trump is unlikely to raise issues like India’s democratic backsliding or its ties with Russia. Trade and immigration could be irritants.

Gauging the reactions from both the Chinese public and the government to Donald Trump’s return to the White House. 

A second Trump administration is likely to find engaging North Korea more complex this time, thanks to drastically reduced leverage.

Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have cause to be nervous, given some of Trump’s past actions and statements. But their leaders chose to express optimism in their first public reactions.