Valérie Niquet

Asia's geopolitical reset since Trump's return

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies

Temple University Japan

 

26 June 2025: 18:30-20:00

Temple University Japan room 405

RSVP: dujarric@temple.edu

Robert Dujarric, Temple University Japan.

1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

      

Though we are only six months into the start of the current Trump Administration, its actions have already partially reset Asia's geopolitics. The US has opened new opportunities for China, may push Tokyo and Seoul towards closer cooperation, and incited some countries, such as Australia to further broaden their partnerships. At the same time, many Asian capitals are wondering how Washington would react to Chinese aggression against Taiwan, or other countries, in what some call the post-Pax Americana era.

 

Valerie Niquet, is Head of the Asia department at FRS (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique), and non-resident senior fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA). She was a lecturer at Keio University (Tokyo), where she taught the history and politics of Sino-Japanese relations, from 2014 to 2021.She has published extensively on strategic issues in Asia as well as on the evolutions of the Chinese political system. Her latest publications include La Chine en 100 questions (Tallandier, 2021) and Taiwan face à la Chine, (Tallandier, 2022). She is also the author of a translation and essays of Sun Tzu's Art of War (Économica, 2011).

Discussant and moderator: Robert Dujarric is co-director of TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS).