Shifting Currents: A Comparative Analysis of Asia-Pacific Strategies under Obama and Trump Administrations (2013-2021)

The U.S.'s deep interest in foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region gauged new geopolitical dimensions. The central point of the global economy has shifted, and the region is stressed to balance emerging powers. Asia will lead the economy of the century, and its economies are expected to jump to more than 40 percent of world GDP in the coming years. Several issues in the region, like the South China Sea, India, and Pakistan conflict over Kashmir, Indian interference in the neighboring countries' affairs, climate disastrous impacts on the region, and Afghanistan's political stability, divert the attention of the U.S. Still, the U.S. strategy for the region is mainly messy and unlikely to solve any of the core as mentioned earlier; issues as a leading role of superpower remained an unsolved puzzle. Firstly, this article will address how the U.S. strategic policies influenced the Asia-Pacific region. Secondly, the Barak Obama government policies toward the Asia-Pacific region will also be assessed. Thirdly it will have struggled to see the Donald Trump government policies toward Asia-Pacific. Finally, it will be tried to compare the policies of both governments through different architectures.