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Open QuestionsObama-era diplomat Daniel Russel on Trump 2.0’s potential effects on China
In a less forgiving global environment for Beijing, how will Donald Trump’s second term play out for Taiwan?
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Sylvie Zhuangin Beijing
Daniel Russel is vice-president of International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI). A veteran diplomat, he focused on the US’ Asian affairs for decades and played a key role in former president Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia.
This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here.
It has been more than seven years since you resigned as US assistant secretary of state amid waves of personnel departures in the early days of Donald Trump’s first term. How do you think about that decision now?
I left with a clean conscience. I had 33 years of service to my country. During the last eight years, we worked directly for the wonderful US president Barack Obama, working on the Asia account.
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