Obama’s Promised Land
President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Israel carries unexpected implications for US foreign policy. Rather than providing the foreign-policy breakthrough for which many had hoped, the trip reflected Obama's hope to quiet critics and allay Israeli security fears, in order to focus on domestic goals.
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MADRID – Now that the dust has settled on President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated trip to Israel, it is possible to analyze the significance of the visit. The trip – the first foreign visit of his second term – carries important implications for US foreign policy. Rather than providing the breakthrough for which many had hoped, it demonstrated that Obama – unlike other second-term US presidents, who have staked their legacies on foreign policy – is interested primarily in securing a domestic legacy.