Obama’s Asia Policy: A Look Back at the Presidential Race to Understand America’s Next Steps in Asia
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This paper assesses the probable Asia policies of the incoming Barack Obama administration. It analyzes the President-elect’s announced policies, public statements, and his close Asia advisors’ writings in order to extrapolate what Asia policies he may implement as President of the United States. This paper examines Obama’s Asia policy in terms of five subject areas: a general approach to East Asia, the North Korean problem, South Korea, free trade, and China. In order to better understand the context of Obama’s Asia policy, this paper compares the President-elect’s likely posture on Asian affairs with the objectives of his former rival for the presidency: John McCain. This comparative analysis shows that Obama’s foreign policy in East Asia will tend to be realist and pragmatic in nature, advocate more direct diplomacy with North Korea, and be wary of free trade promotion. In contrast, McCain would have been more ally-centric in executing his foreign policy in Asia, more hawkish on North Korea, and ardently support free trade in the region. On China and South Korea, Obama and McCain have similar policy approaches.
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This paper assesses the probable Asia policies of the incoming Barack Obama administration. It analyzes the President-elect’s announced policies, public statements, and his close Asia advisors’ writings in order to extrapolate what Asia policies he may implement as President of the United States. This paper examines Obama’s Asia policy in terms of five subject areas: a general approach to East Asia, the North Korean problem, South Korea, free trade, and China. In order to better understand the context of Obama’s Asia policy, this paper compares the President-elect’s likely posture on Asian affairs with the objectives of his former rival for the presidency: John McCain. This comparative analysis shows that Obama’s foreign policy in East Asia will tend to be realist and pragmatic in nature, advocate more direct diplomacy with North Korea, and be wary of free trade promotion. In contrast, McCain would have been more ally-centric in executing his foreign policy in Asia, more hawkish on North Korea, and ardently support free trade in the region. On China and South Korea, Obama and McCain have similar policy approaches.
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