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By the time of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, he had already developed an ambitious foreign policy vision. By his own account, he sought to bend the arc of history toward greater justice, freedom, and peace; within a year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, largely for that promise. In Bending History , Martin Indyk, Kenneth Lieberthal, and Michael O'Hanlon measure Obama not only against the record of his predecessors and the immediate challenges of the day, but also against his own soaring rhetoric and inspiring goals. Bending History assesses the considerable accomplishments as well as the failures and seeks to explain what has happened. Obama's best work has been on major and pressing foreign policy challenges--counterterrorism policy, including the daring raid that eliminated Osama bin Laden; the reset with Russia; managing the increasingly significant relationship with China; and handling the rogue states of Iran and North Korea. Policy on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, however, has reflected serious flaws in both strategy and execution. Afghanistan policy has been plagued by inconsistent messaging and teamwork. On important softer security issues--from energy and climate policy to problems in Africa and Mexico--the record is mixed. As for his early aspiration to reshape the international order, according greater roles and responsibilities to rising powers, Obama's efforts have been well-conceived but of limited effectiveness. On issues of secondary importance, Obama has been disciplined in avoiding fruitless disputes (as with Chavez in Venezuela and Castro in Cuba) and insisting that others take the lead (as with Qaddafi in Libya). Notwithstanding several missteps, he has generally managed well the complex challenges of the Arab awakenings, striving to strike the right balance between U.S. values and interests. The authors see Obama's foreign policy to date as a triumph of discipline and realism over ideology. He has been neither the transformative beacon his devotees have wanted, nor the weak apologist for America that his critics allege. They conclude that his grand strategy for promoting American interests in a tumultuous world may only now be emerging, and may yet be curtailed by conflict with Iran. Most of all, they argue that he or his successor will have to embrace U.S. economic renewal as the core foreign policy and national security challenge of the future.

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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
ISBN-10
081572182x
ISBN-13
9780815721826
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Author
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Michael E. O'hanlon, Martin S. Indyk
Publication Name
Bending History : Barack Obama's Foreign Policy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Brookings Focus Book Ser.
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
342 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
19.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E907
Edition Number
2
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"This is an extremely thoughtful and intelligent analysis of the Obama administration's foreign policy -a model of serious research on contemporary foreign affairs. It is the best account of the Obama foreign policy that I have read." -Fareed Zakaria, CNN, host of "Fareed Zakaria GPS", "This is the single best assessment to date of the Obama administration's foreign policy. Although praising the policy as competent and pragmatic, the authors seek to explain why it has generally failed to live up to the visionary goals of the Obama 2008 presidential campaign. A must read to understand the foreign policy challenges that will face whoever is sworn in as President in January 2013." -Stephen J. Hadley, former U.S. national security adviser, "This is the single best assessment to date of the Obama administration's foreign policy. Although praising the policy as competent and pragmatic, the authors seek to explain why it has generally failed to live up to the visionary goals of the Obama 2008 presidential campaign. A must read to understand the foreign policy challenges that will face whoever is sworn in as President in January 2013." --Stephen J. Hadley, former U.S. national security adviser, "This is an extremely thoughtful and intelligent analysis of the Obama administration's foreign policy —a model of serious research on contemporary foreign affairs. It is the best account of the Obama foreign policy that I have read." —Fareed Zakaria, CNN, host of "Fareed Zakaria GPS", "A perceptive and incisive review of President Obama's foreign policy through the end of 2011, with the successes and failures clearly explained, explored, and exposed. The three authors bring to the volume deep and up-to-date expertise in the fields about which they write, sharing trenchant analysis and conclusions which readers will find new and interesting. An unusual 'group book' which hangs together and presents an integrated picture." -Thomas R. Pickering, former U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs, "A perceptive and incisive review of President Obama's foreign policy through the end of 2011, with the successes and failures clearly explained, explored, and exposed. The three authors bring to the volume deep and up-to-date expertise in the fields about which they write, sharing trenchant analysis and conclusions which readers will find new and interesting. An unusual 'group book' which hangs together and presents an integrated picture." --Thomas R. Pickering, former U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
International Relations / General, United States / 21st Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / Executive Branch
Lccn
2012-001924
Dewey Decimal
973.932
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science

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