The World Views of the Obama Era

This book presents selected non-US views of the Barack Obama administration. Each chapter investigates eight years of the Obama presidency from a different national perspective. By bringing together fourteen country studies from all regions of the world, this volume offers an accumulative global view of the Obama White House's foreign policies and bilateral affairs. It provides an outside perspective on a presidency that was initially greeted with much enthusiasm world-wide, but seemed to fall out of favor over time in most countries. The overwhelming hope that was associated with the election of Obama in 2008 turned to disillusionment world-wide; the changes in US external affairs he promised were only partially fulfilled and the world was reminded that America's place and role in the world would not change dramatically, not even under the inspirational Obama.

Gathers contributions from fourteen different countries in every region of the world to offer international and non-US retrospectives on the Barack Obama presidency Traces the arc of the promise-heavy start and the disillusioning end of the Obama presidency in tandem with the companion volume, The World Views of the U.S. Presidential Election: 2008 (2009) Examines foreign policy, international relations, cultural influence, public opinion, and political history with regard to global perceptions of the Obama administration

Autorentext
Matthias Maass is Associate Professor of International Relations at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul/Korea. He is the author of a monograph on small state survival, and editor of multi-author volumes. He has published in a variety of academic journals worldwide. His current research foci are, in addition to the US and its external affairs, the small state and Northeast Asian security.

Inhalt

1. "The World Views" of Barack Obama.- 2. The Barack Obama Presidency: Cuba- 3. Nigeria: Views from the Hegemon in West Africa on the Obama Administration.- 4. Obama Delivers for Kenya on Business.- 5.Egypt and Obama: Turbulent Times, Bouncy Relations.- 6. A Bilan of Eight Obama Years: Between Bush and Trump.- 7. Russia's View on Obama's Presidency: From Hope to Disappointment.- 8. Turkish Perceptions of Turkey-United States Relations During Obama's Presidency: Dialectics of Expectations/Partnership and Disappointments/Estrangement.- 9. Israeli View of the Obama Era: A Relationship Reexamined.- 10. Obama's Legacy: The View from Persia.- 11. Chinese Views of US Foreign Policy under the Obama Administration.- 12. South Korea's Perceptions of Obama's Foreign Policy towards Northeast Asia.- 13. The Obama Era: The View from Indonesia.- 14. Obama and the US-Pakistan Marriage of Convenience.- 15. India's Views of the Obama Era: Maturing Defense Partners but Reluctant Asia-Pacific Friends.- 16. The Obama Era in the Eyes of the World: From High Hopes Back to Normalcy.