Asia matters for America : public & elite opinion

Abstract

A recent survey by the East-West Center and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago finds about half of Americans see a connection between their own state and what is happening with the economy or politics in Asia. Similarly, a parallel survey conducted among state and local elected and appointed officials, bureaucrats, and business leaders, hereafter referred to as elites, found that two-thirds believe the state of the economy and politics in Asia matters to their state at least somewhat.