On February 26, 2025 the Japan-US Alliance Study Group at Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) held a webinar on "How will the Second Trump Administration Engage with the Indo-Pacific Region?" The webinar analyzed the current outlook for the second Trump administration's policies towards the Indo-Pacific region and the views of various countries towards the administration.

Panelists

　Watanabe Shino, Visiting Researcher, NPI; Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University
　Takahashi Kazuhiro, Visiting Researcher, NPI; Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Global Politics, Hosei University
　Koga Kei, Visiting Researcher, NPI; Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
　Kuwahara Kyoko, Visiting Researcher, NPI; Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs; Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI)
　Ishida Tomonori, Visiting Associate Researcher, NPI; Senior Fellow, International Conflict Division, The National Institute for Defense Studies
　Teraoka Ayumi, Visiting Associate Researcher, NPI; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
　Kato Tomohiro, Visiting Assistant Researcher, NPI; Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

Moderator

The main subjects covered in the webinar were as follows.

• Outlook for the second Trump administration's policies toward China, the Taiwan Strait, South Korea, and North Korea.
• Will the end goal of economic negotiations with China be a trade deal or return of US companies with operations in China to the US?
• Evaluation of the Japan-US Summit Meeting held on February 7, 2025.
• Southeast Asia's view of the second Trump administration.
• Is a Democratic administration more interested in Southeast Asia than a Republican administration?
• The outcome of the USA-India leaders' meeting on February 13, 2025 and future challenges for US-India relations.
• Trends in "countermeasures against disinformation" under the second Trump administration. Will the US become vulnerable to the influence of disinformation from abroad?
• China's stance toward the US and the future outlook for US-China relations.
• Taiwan's view of the second Trump administration, particularly its actions regarding the Ukraine war.
• The implications of the second Trump administration's trade policy for Japanese diplomacy.
• The state of Southeast Asia's diplomacy in the context of US-China relations under the second Trump administration.
• Future outlook for US-India cooperation in light of the policy to expand US-India defense cooperation.
• The impact of a second Trump administration on "countermeasures against disinformation" in American society and other countries.
• Japan's position as the United States pursues its national interests and Europe remains focused on diplomacy based on values.