Mr. Trump’s election comes at a moment when rising powers are already pushing against the American-led order: China in Asia, Iran in the Middle East, and particularly Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia in Europe. Over the past year, I have been asking policy experts to evaluate Mr. Trump’s likely foreign policy, and they have consistently given me the same answer: They are unable to stitch Mr. Trump’s rambling speeches and scant white papers into a coherent worldview. The difficulty of predicting Mr. Trump’s foreign policy could create other forms of destabilizing uncertainty. Mr. Trump’s threats to withdraw American troops from the country, and North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile programs, “could be a tipping point,” Mr. Kimball said. Whatever path the next president takes, Mr. Goldgeier added after a pause, “it’s going to be very different.”

Source: International New York Times November 09, 2016 12:49 UTC