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The World Views of the Obama Era

From Hope to Disillusionment

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Maass

    1. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  • 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

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. “The World Views” of Barack Obama

    • Matthias Maass
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Barack Obama Presidency: Cuba

    • Michael Eleazar Parmly
    Pages 17-29

  4. Nigeria: Views from the Hegemon in West Africa on the Obama Administration

    • Cassandra Veney
    Pages 31-48

  5. Obama Delivers for Kenya: On Business

    • Elijah Nyaga Munyi
    Pages 49-64

  6. Egypt and Obama: Turbulent Times, Bouncy Relations

    • Nael Shama
    Pages 65-85

  7. A Bilan of Eight Obama Years: Between Bush and Trump

    • Ruchi Anand
    Pages 87-111

  8. Russia’s View on Obama’s Presidency: From Hope to Disappointment

    • Ivan Kurilla, Victoria I. Zhuravleva
    Pages 113-139

  9. Turkish Perceptions of Turkey–US Relations During Obama’s Presidency: Dialectics of Expectations/Partnership and Disappointments/Estrangement

    • Müge Kınacıoğlu, Aylin G. Gürzel Aka
    Pages 141-169

  10. Israeli View of the Obama Era: A Relationship Reexamined

    • Ronnie Olesker
    Pages 171-192

  11. Obama’s Legacy: The View from Persia

    • Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan
    Pages 193-211

  12. Chinese Views of US Foreign Policy under the Obama Administration

    • Gaye Christoffersen
    Pages 213-235

  13. South Korea’s Perceptions of Obama’s Foreign Policy Toward Northeast Asia

    • Mason Richey
    Pages 237-261

  14. The Obama Era: The View from Indonesia

    • Prashanth Parameswaran
    Pages 263-282

  15. Obama and the United States–Pakistan Marriage of Convenience

    • Christopher Clary, Niloufer Siddiqui
    Pages 283-307

  16. India’s Views of the Obama Era: Maturing Defense Partners but Reluctant Asia-Pacific Friends

    • Shivaji Kumar
    Pages 309-325

  17. The Obama Era in the Eyes of the World: From High Hopes Back to Normalcy

    • Matthias Maass
    Pages 327-339

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 341-347
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Matthias Maass

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The World Views of the Obama Era

  • Book Subtitle: From Hope to Disillusionment

  • Editors: Matthias Maass

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61076-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61075-7Published: 20 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86998-8Published: 28 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61076-4Published: 07 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 347

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: US Politics, Globalization

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