Donald Trump, photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr CCBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,378, December 22, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Impeachment hearings in the US have overshadowed important geopolitical developments in Eurasia that will affect Washington’s position in 2020 and beyond. The US’s failure to improve relations with Seoul and Tokyo strengthens China’s position in the Asia-Pacific. Similar processes are unfolding around Ukraine, where Kyiv might—in the absence of US support—be pressured into accepting Russian demands on Donbas.
The change in the position of the US in the world can be felt from the Asia-Pacific to the Middle East to Ukraine. Though there …read more
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