Obama Abroad

As President-elect Obama steps into office, he not only has the expectations of America to shoulder, but the expectations of the world as well. Foreign relations has been one of the key issues and areas of concern during this presidential election, and America, and certainly the world, will not let the issue of diplomacy fade away.

I was looking around at a few major news sources, and countries ranging from the U.K. to China all feature top headlines having to do with Obama's victory, as well as their expectations of him. The BBC compiled a nice article, asking 16 of their international correspondents to summarize what the general public and the governments their different countries expected to see from Obama. The Australian, while publishing some of their own reporters opinions on the American election featured a photo of a Kenyan boy celebrating Obama's victory. The Chinese nationals news source in addition to featuring several general articles on the election, has posted a letter from a group of Chinese Americans on why they believe Obama is the right candidate.

The world has waited for this day perhaps just as much as we have. Although an Obama presidency of course has the biggest effect on Americans, it will also have a big effect on other nations. Once again, I'm curious to see how an Obama presidency will work abroad.