Gerges, Fawaz A. 
ORCID: 0009-0006-1952-0171
(2012)
Obama and the Middle East: the end of America's moment?
Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN 9780230113817
Abstract
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to distance the United States from the neoconservative foreign policy legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush, and usher in a new era of a global, interconnected world. More than two years have passed since his inauguration, and the reality of President Obama's approach is in stark contrast to the ebullient and optimistic image that he originally built up. In fact, Obama is not committed to redefining U.S. foreign policy in a transformational way, but calibrating and correcting the Bush policies, and reclaiming the neorealist approach that defined America's foreign policy since WWII. Taking stock of Obama's first two and a half years in the White House, this book places his engagement in the Middle East within the broader context of U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 and examines key areas that have posed a challenge to his administration: negotiation with Israel and Palestine, troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, engagement with the Arab Spring, intervention in Libya, and the death of Osama bin Laden.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.palgrave.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Palgrave Macmillan |
| Divisions: | International Relations Middle East Centre |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2012 11:26 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 11:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/41768 |
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