Crom Valen, I think its clear that if the globalists are pushed out of the way then Syria de escalates. Trump wants to work with Putin to remove ISIS that's all. North Korea he suggests is not a threat and I agree. If and its a big if they ever set off a serious piece of weaponry their statehood would be over so why would they take that course of action all for one major bomb ?
The South China Sea is another matter entirely and the main event. For Trump it ties in to terms of trade and back to the balance of trade account. This is the key area for Trump and as yet an unknown but would likely be under any US president as China's rise will not stop. This is where collaboration with China would be better such as the USA joining the AIIB and having a calm multi decade move to a shared global order. The only other way will be conflict and surely its time to learn that lesson from history ?
No one is going to go tom war in a hurry as the globe will lose.