100 words on 100 days of obama

President Barack ObamaBarack Obama's first 100 days in office.

Asia and Pacific Region
Barack Obama inherited a polarised Asia policy from his predecessor. President BushPresident Bush had built a working relationship with China, deepened alliances with Japan and Australia, and boosted collaboration with India - a 'Quadrilateral Initiative' to countervail China. While trade and financial transactions built a symbiotic Sino-US relationship, Washington saw Beijing as a 'near-peer rival' challenging America's global leadership. Obama initiated a major shift, sending Hillary ClintonHillary Clinton to Asia just days after taking office. In London, Obama and Hu JintaoHu Jintao agreed to build a 'strategic partnership' to address global challenges. This transformation relieved US-China tensions, but triggered anxiety in Tokyo and Delhi.

Mahmud Ali, Senior Editorial Coordinator, Asia Pacific Region

Europe
Barack Obama broke the ice of the Bush era, and changed the polarity of relations with Europe. A positive tone of the debate, supportive media comments can be seen across the continent, and even body language has changed - to get a kiss on the cheek from a French admirer was unimaginable in the Bush years.
President Obama didn't get all he wanted at either at the G20 nor the NATO summits but he got much more than Europe was ready to give to his predecessor. Western Europe and Turkey were the biggest winners of his 100 days, but there have been losers, too: he avoided mentioning prospects of NATO memb President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office.

Asia and Pacific Region
Barack Obama inherited a polarised Asia policy from his predecessor. President Bush had built a working relationship with China, deepened alliances with Japan and Australia, and boosted collaboration with India - a 'Quadrilateral Initiative' to countervail China. While trade and financial transactions built a symbiotic Sino-US relationship, Washington saw Beijing as a 'near-peer rival' challenging America's global leadership. Obama initiated a major shift, sending Hillary Clinton to Asia just days after taking office. In London, Obama and Hu Jintao agreed to build a 'strategic partnership' to address global challenges. This transformation relieved US-China tensions, but triggered anxiety in Tokyo and Delhi.

Mahmud Ali, Senior Editorial Coordinator, Asia Pacific Region

Europe
Barack Obama broke the ice of the Bush era, and changed the polarity of relations with Europe. A positive tone of the debate, supportive media comments can be seen across the continent, and even body language has changed - to get a kiss on the cheek from a French admirer was unimaginable in the Bush years.
President Obama didn't get all he wanted at either at the G20 nor the NATO summits but he got much more than Europe was ready to give to his predecessor. Western Europe and Turkey were the biggest winners of his 100 days, but there have been losers, too: he avoided mentioning prospects of NATO membership i President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office.

Asia and Pacific Region
Barack Obama inherited a polarised Asia policy from his predecessor. President Bush had built a working relationship with China, deepened alliances with Japan and Australia, and boosted collaboration with India - a 'Quadrilateral Initiative' to countervail China. While trade and financial transactions built a symbiotic Sino-US relationship, Washington saw Beijing as a 'near-peer rival' challenging America's global leadership. Obama initiated a major shift, sending Hillary Clinton to Asia just days after taking office. In London, Obama and Hu Jintao agreed to build a 'strategic partnership' to address global challenges. This transformation relieved US-China tensions, but triggered anxiety in Tokyo and Delhi.

Mahmud Ali, Senior Editorial Coordinator, Asia Pacific Region

Europe
Barack Obama broke the ice of the Bush era, and changed the polarity of relations with Europe. A positive tone of the debate, supportive media comments can be seen across the continent, and even body language has changed - to get a kiss on the cheek from a French admirer was unimaginable in the Bush years.
President Obama didn't get all he wanted at either at the G20 nor the NATO summits but he got much more than Europe was ready to give to his predecessor. Western Europe and Turkey were the biggest winners of his 100 days, but there have been losers, too: he avoided mentioning prospects of NATO membership in the context of Georgia and Ukraine, and his plans to push the reset button in relations with Russia will be watched carefully by those in Eastern Europe who feel they may lose out.
This spectacular European turnaround was achieved almost singlehandedly - perhaps with a little help from the First Lady.

Olexiy Solohubenko, Executive Editor, Europe, Americas & Europe Region

Russia
The buzz word in Russia is the "restarting" of US-Russian links n the context of Georgia and Ukraine, and his plans to push the reset button in relations with Russia will be watched carefully by those in Eastern Europe who feel they may lose out.
This spectacular European turnaround was achieved almost singlehandedly - perhaps with a little help from the First Lady.

Olexiy Solohubenko, Executive Editor, Europe, Americas & Europe Region

Russia
The buzz word in Russia is the "restarting" of US-Russian links ership in the context of Georgia and Ukraine, and his plans to push the reset button in relations with Russia will be watched carefully by those in Eastern Europe who feel they may lose out.
This spectacular European turnaround was achieved almost singlehandedly - perhaps with a little help from the First Lady.

Olexiy Solohubenko, Executive Editor, Europe, Americas & Europe Region

Russia
The buzz word in Russia is the "restarting" of US-Russian links in the first one hundred days. The real difference, Russia says, is that there is now a new, constructive atmosphere, a willingness to listen, rather than to just hear each other.
Russia says the new priorities for Presidents Obama and Medvedev are arms reduction; resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; and Afghanistan. Some leading Russian commentators have focused on Obama's domestic agenda, referring to him as "the Black Gorbachev". They suggest historical parallels, of a reformist, coming to power at a troubled time, whose ultimate success is in no way guaranteed.

Steven Eke, Russian Affairs analyst

Latin America and the Caribbean
President Barack Obama has sowed the seeds for a new relation with Latin America. The antagonism and lack of interest from the Bush administration has been replaced by a new willingness to listen. Mr Obama has already lifted all restrictions on visits and remittances to Cuba by Cuban-Americans. Should all Americans now be allowed to travel to Cuba? And should he listen to Latin American leaders and persuade Congress to lift the 50-year old trade embargo? And should he have warmer relations with President ChavezPresident Chavez of Venezuela, whom some Republicans see as one of the most anti-American leaders in the world?

James Painter, Latin America analyst, BBC World Service

Africa
Virtually everything President Barack Obama has done in his first 100 days in office has affected Africa, and yet it's difficult to identify a specific thing that he has done for Africans in this period.
Mr Obama promised the US would make a significant contribution towards the $1.1 trillion to be pumped into the global economy by G20, with much of the aid going to developing countries. He engaged vigorously on climate change and spoke out against piracy in Somali waters. So he may not have visited Africa yet since he came into office, but Africa does seem firmly on course to be affected in one way or another by Obama's policies.