OCTOBER 2023 — Wonderful as ever to attend the annual Mt. Fuji Dialogue, which brings friends and colleagues together from Japan and the United States. This year’s Dialogue – occurring soon after the Hamas invasion of Israel – occurred at a time of tremendous global uncertainty. One of the biggest questions on people’s minds was, もし トラ — what would happen to the U.S. Japan alliance, and U.S. foreign policy more broadly, in the event of a second Trump presidency? Discussed this on a fantastic panel.