Canberra | Explaining US Asia policy under Trump

ANU's Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs hosts USSC research fellow Ashley Townshend to discuss the findings of his new report with ANU's Dr Andrew Carr

When

5.30pm–7.00pm

28 March 2017

Where

Theatrette, Sir Roland Wilson Building 2.02 (120), McCoy Circuit, ANU, Canberra

Type

Public forum

How the US approaches Asia under President Donald J. Trump could be one of the most consequential choices of the 21st century. In this event, research fellow at the US Studies Centre, Ashley Townshend, and research fellow at ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Dr Andrew Carr, explored what we know – and what we don’t –about Trump’s approach to Asia.

Townshend’s new report suggests the Trump administration will adopt a more muscular and self-interested security policy in the Asia–Pacific which will likely produce more volatile relations with China, as well as US allies and partners. The discussion looked at what this means for Australia and what people and policies ‘Trump watchers’ should focus on to understand the Trump administration’s approach to Asia.

This event was produced by the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU's College of Asia and the Pacific.

Featuring

  • Ashley Townshend
    Ashley Townshend
    Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre

    Ashley Townshend is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre and Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the founding co-chair of the annual US-Australia Indo-Pacific Deterrence Dialogue and was the Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre from June 2017 to June 2022.

  • Dr Andrew Carr
    Research Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University

    Dr Andrew Carr's publications include work on Australian foreign and strategic policy, defence studies, middle power theory and Asia-Pacific security.