OBAMA FROM A SOUTHEAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVE

THE SIGUR CENTER FOR ASIAN STUDIES
Elliot School of Internaitonal Affairs
The George Washington University
Lecture on the Series on:
Power and Identity in Asia
November 12, 2009

Given President Barack Obama’s Southeast
Asian ties and his visit to Asia, Amitav
Acharya, in a lecture at the Sigur Center for
Asian Studies, discussed Southeast Asian
perspectives of Obama. His analysis incorporates
discussions from both official and
non-official sectors of Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, and Thailand. More specifically,
Acharya examines two questions:

1. How do Southeast Asians view Obama
as a person and as a president?

2. How has Obama’s election been
viewed; how has it affected

Read More at: http://www.gwu.edu/~power/assets/docs/Acharya%20November%202009%20Asia%20Report.pdf