The article notes Peter Katzenstein, professor of government, says that Trumpism is based on three pillars: nationalism, religion and race.

“There is a danger that (Chinese President) Xi Jinping will see this period as one of especially pronounced American weakness and look to take advantage of it to forcefully move to challenge the status quo in China's peripheral regions,” says Allen Carlson, associate professor of government.

"The trade pact more closely ties the economic fortunes of the signatory countries to that of China and will over time pull these countries deeper into the economic and political orbit of China,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy.

Tamara Loos, chair and professor in the Department of History, discusses why the current protests in Thailand are different from any the country has ever seen before.

Jens David Ohlin, vice dean of the Law School and professor of law, says that the president absolving himself of his legal woes would be a “shocking” and odd twist on the concept of “sovereign grace” which is what originally spawned the pardon.

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, says President Donald Trump’s denial of election results is “whipping up an extraordinary degree of uncertainty that, if prolonged much further, will act as a drag on what is at best a nascent and fickle economic recovery."

"We have been in a regime where there is a sense that cooperating with other countries weakens the U.S. She felt and acted completely differently,” says Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy. “She’s a master in the art of gentle persuasion rather than using sticks to get people to do the right thing."

Mary Kate Long, a doctoral candidate in Asian studies, explains Sri Lanka’s decision to be the first and only Theravada Buddhist country allowing for the full ordination of women.

"The unchecked spread of the virus and continuing political tumult in the United States have reinforced Beijing’s view that the United States is in decline,” says Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government.