The rest of the world is on notice following Donald Trump's landslide presidential victory.
President-elect Trump will have multiple national security and foreign policy issues to tend to once he makes it back to the White House in January. The country's greatest adversaries have been very much active in recent years.
National security expert Harry Kazianis said the first order of business will likely be settling the war in Ukraine involving Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
"I think that's the biggest issue and the sense of urgency is that this war is a stalemate," Kazianis said, who projects that the two countries involved may not agree on borders but would agree to stop the fighting and end up establishing a demilitarized zone.
Tensions in the Middle East are still very much high. Iran and China are on the list of rival countries to continue to watch out for.
There is one country that Kazianis sees as an x-factor in all of this over the next two months and that's North Korea.
"They feel they are in a strong position because they are sending troops to Ukraine and getting billions of dollars in exchange for that and the Russians I'm sure are helping them with their nuclear missile plans," he said.
It's possible North Korea may test those types of weapons before Trump enters office, something they haven't done in a long time.
From now until Inauguration Day in January, a lot can still happen with these countries overseas. It's possible too that maybe not much will happen will happen in that span of time. Kazianis predicts the rest of the country will remain on hold.
"You've got a situation where a lot of countries are going to be on hold to wait and see what happens," said Kazianis. "They're going to want to see what personnel is brought into the administration and that'll dictate policy."
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