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The implications of US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January continue to dominate the headlines this week.

In Singapore, panellists at the the ST Asia Future Summit on Tuesday discussed whether Trump would be tougher on China, and concluded it may not all be doom and gloom, reports Yew Lun Tian.

The outlook is decidedly less sanguine in the Middle East, where the general consensus is that Trump’s electoral victory is good news for Israel, bad news for the Palestinians, and a terrible omen for Iran, says our global affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s new president Prabowo Subianto jumped on a call to Trump and posted the conversation on social media. His audacious move drew mixed reactions back home, but analysts say it displayed the essence of his diplomatic playbook, writes Hariz Baharudin.

Also read Bhavan Jaipragas’ commentary listing the lessons from Trump’s comeback and watch this video of President Joe Biden welcoming Trump back to the White House. 

In other news, Wendy Teo looks at how a dilapidated traditional hanok in South Korea was transformed into a hotel, while Jonathan Pearlman examines the furore over Australia’s supermarket practices.

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