Obama’s Underachieving Foreign Policy
Barack Obama's foreign-policy achievements have been limited, largely owing to a complex diplomatic and strategic environment and significant domestic constraints. But Obama's own dogmatic pragmatism has done little to change strategic realities and reconcile America’s broader interests with those of other key global players.
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PARIS – To evaluate an American president’s foreign-policy performance after one term is challenging, given the complex diplomatic and strategic environment and significant domestic constraints that confront every US president. Nevertheless, in advance of November’s presidential election, it is important to distinguish the forces that have shaped Barack Obama’s foreign policy, and to assess his handling of them.