The Future of the Rebalance... STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INCOMING U.S. PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS ASIA.....EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As in much of the world, policymakers in Asia have been transfixed by the twists and turns of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.The contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has unexpectedly set the stage for a comprehensive discussion of America?s post-war foreign policy—including its commitment to the global security system and a liberal trading regime. As the United States reexamines many of the traditional assumptions about its role in the world, Asian leaders are deeply concerned about America?s long-term support for the liberal, global economic order and Washington?s political will to sustain its longstanding international security commitments. Faced with the forces of isolationism and economic nationalism, the United States must not shrink from its leadership role in the international order. The U.S. has been a major power in Asia for the past 70 years, a time of unprecedented and dramatic economic expansion and societal change that has transformed virtually every Asian nation and thrust the region as a whole into a position of global preeminence. Yet despite these advances, the countries of Asia are contending with a number of complex and potentially destabilizing international and internal challenges—from territorial disputes and nuclear proliferation, maritime piracy and human and drug trafficking, to corruption, rapid urbanization, environmental pollution, income inequality and poverty, aging populations, and natural disasters..."