Title

Evaluating Us Soft Power In Asia: Military, Economic And Sociopolitical Relationships Between Asia And The United States

Keywords

Asia; collaboration; global leadership; regionalism; soft power; the United States

Abstract

The changing dynamics of international politics such as the expansion of the European Union, the growing importance of Asia, and the post-11 September environment have raised great concern about US soft power all over the world. At the governmental level, transpacific relationships may have encouraged military, economic and sociopolitical collaboration. The Asians' perceptions about US soft power at the individual level, however, may not be consistent with the governmental level. By using the 2003 AsiaBarometer survey, this article examines the factors that contribute to individuals' perceptions about US soft power in seven Asian nations–China, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Three main factors–military, economic and sociopolitical–are considered. Higher assistance by the US government engenders positive responses from the respondents. For causal relationships, economic and sociopolitical variables, rather than the military variable, enforce individuals' positive perceptions about US soft power, according to the multilevel estimates. © 2009, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Publication Title

Contemporary Politics

Volume

15

Issue

3

Number of Pages

337-353

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/13569770903132540

Socpus ID

85050411870 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85050411870

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