Obama’s Syria dilemma showed that for foreign policy to be successful, the management of information is just as important as the substance of ideas

Hazelgrove, Sam (2013) Obama’s Syria dilemma showed that for foreign policy to be successful, the management of information is just as important as the substance of ideas. LSE American Politics and Policy (29 Oct 2013). Website.

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Last month, after a seemingly inevitable march towards U.S. military invention in Syria, a Russian brokered deal was made for the Assad regime to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control. While many have critiqued what they term President Obama’s ‘improvisational’ foreign policy, Sam Hazelgrove argues that Obama’s actions on Syria are a result of a pragmatic approach that should be seen in the wider context of growing questions over America’s role in the world. He writes that in order to formulate a more coherent foreign policy strategy, Obama’s administration must move to a more centralised decision making process so that immediate national interests can be reconciled with longer term interests.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2014 13:41
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58284

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