Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University


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October 6, 2010

Barack Obama: The Pacific President?

SEAF News

U.S. President Barack Obama has called himself "America's first Pacific President," referring not only to his Hawaiian birthplace but also to his desire to put Asia back in the center of American foreign policy. In recent months there has been a new emphasis on Asia in American foreign and economic policy, ranging from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tough words on the South China Sea to growing concern over China's currency policy. Most recently, American officials have been responding to tensions in the East China Sea between American ally Japan and China. Join Shorenstein APARC and SEAF on October 27, 2010 for a timely panel discussion about this significant Presidential visit.