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\"Obama<\/a>
(Photo by Noah Seelam\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Next week, President Barack Obama will be the \u201cchief guest\u201d at India\u2019s Republic Day, the annual celebration of the\u00a01950 Indian Constitution.\u00a0The visit is expected to usher in a new, positive era in India-U.S. relations at a time when a majority of Indians have a favorable view of the United States<\/a> and a majority of Americans express a positive opinion of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Nearly half of Indians also voice confidence in Obama doing the right thing in world affairs, and by more than three-to-one Indians say the United States, not China, is the world\u2019s leading economic power<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

\"India,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

Nevertheless, America\u2019s image and Obama\u2019s stature is not as well-known in India and therefore lags behind overall ratings compared with\u00a0many other countries. So Obama\u2019s foray into public diplomacy on the Asian subcontinent could not be more timely.<\/p>\n\n

The Indians\u2019 favorable view of the U.S. is similar to the opinion of America voiced by the Germans (51%) and the Chinese (50%) and certainly more favorable than that held by the Russians (23%) and Pakistanis (14%). But it trails the median view of the U.S. in the European Union (66%) and in other major emerging market economies: Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. Moreover, nearly three-in-ten Indians voice no opinion about the United States — so the president has some salesmanship ahead.<\/p>\n\n

Indians are generally positive about Obama himself; 48% have confidence in his handling of foreign policy. But such Indian approval of the U.S. president is lower than that expressed in Bangladesh (74%), Indonesia (60%) and in the European Union (where the median is 71%). And it is no higher than Chinese (51%) confidence in the U.S. president. However, again the proportion of Indians who have no opinion is quite high: 37%, suggesting a successful visit could raise the president\u2019s profile across India.<\/p>\n\n

Indians have no doubt, however, about which country is the world\u2019s leading economic power. Fully 47% say it is the United States, just 13% pick China and 7% Japan. Again, nearly a third (31%) have no opinion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Obama’s visit to India on Republic Day is expected to usher in a new, positive era in India-U.S. relations — especially at a time when a majority of Indians have a favorable view of the United States and a majority of Americans express a positive opinion of 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