york times. waning of american power trump struggles of an asia crisis. by failing to act and assume leadership in the region, trump is allowing long, complicated history to fall back as traditional rivals. the more they feel united states is an unreliable partner, the more they will defend themselves. i m hearing growing calls in south korea for their own nuclear weapons. that is an expert at the wilson center. do you agree? i do. and i think that goes to ron s point. it s good to talk about american values and american ideals but this is becoming an issue of national security for the u.s. when india and pakistan are fighting over kashmir, now pack st st pakistan is threatening its support for the afghan deal. now japan and south korea are