STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

Obama's Policy towards East Asia

Pranamita Baruah
Pranamita Baruah is Research Assistant at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.

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Rajaram Panda
He was working at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi from 2009 to 2012.

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Shamshad A. Khan
Shamshad Ahmed Khan was Research Assistant at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here to for detailed profile

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    • Pranamita Baruah, Rajaram Panda and Shamshad A. Khan
    May 2010
    Volume: 
    34
    Issue: 
    3
    Commentaries

    President Barack Obama's foreign policy orientation towards East Asia seems to be characterised by continuity rather than change, and is not so very different from that of his predecessors. With Japan and South Korea, Obama is trying to revitalise bilateral alliances. With China, he continues on his predecessor's policy of greater engagement, though he has offered some concessions during his visit to Beijing in November 2009. However, North Korea remains a real and huge challenge for Obama to test his engagement in East Asia.

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