Trump’s policies offer the region all the downsides of traditional U.S. policy with none of the benefits.
By Hunter Marston, the director of the Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia Program and the lead of the Asia Power Index.
A man reads an Indonesian newspaper reporting on the inauguration of US President Donald Trump with the headline reading "The Golden Age of America Begins Now" at a newsstand in Jakarta on January 21, 2025.
A person reads a newspaper with reporting on U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration in Jakarta on Jan. 21, 2025. BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images
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