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:
- How do Southeast Asians view Obama as a person and as a president?
- How has Obama’s election been viewed; how has it affected domestic politics in Southeast Asia?
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