The Obama approach to the Middle East : the end of America's moment? / Fawaz A. Gerges
Language: English Subject(s): In: International Affairs . -- v.89, n 2 ( March. 2013)Abstract: As Obama begins his second term, this article takes stock of his foreign policy approach towards the Middle East. It lays out four big arguments. First, Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East has demonstrated more continuity with the past than real change. Second, from Palestinian-Israeli peace to Afghanistan, Obama's conduct testifies to the structural and institutional continuity of US foreign policy. Third, despite Obama's lofty rhetoric about a new start in relations between the United States and Muslim countries, the Middle East does not rank very high on his agenda. Finally, the article argues that the US finds itself in a similar position to that of Great Britain after the Second World War, at the beginning of the end of its hegemonic moment in the Middle East.Revista R0097 (MAEC- Biblioteca Central)
As Obama begins his second term, this article takes stock of his foreign policy approach towards the Middle East. It lays out four big arguments. First, Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East has demonstrated more continuity with the past than real change. Second, from Palestinian-Israeli peace to Afghanistan, Obama's conduct testifies to the structural and institutional continuity of US foreign policy. Third, despite Obama's lofty rhetoric about a new start in relations between the United States and Muslim countries, the Middle East does not rank very high on his agenda. Finally, the article argues that the US finds itself in a similar position to that of Great Britain after the Second World War, at the beginning of the end of its hegemonic moment in the Middle East.