Barack Obama Foreign Policy Analysis by Brookings Institution Scholars

Martin Indyk, Kenneth Lieberthal, and Michael O'Hanlon authored a book assessing Barack Obama's foreign policy as the 44th U.S. president. The work measures Obama's record against his predecessors, his own rhetoric, and goals like bending history toward justice and peace. It covers topics from counterterrorism and relations with China and Russia to softer security issues like energy and climate policy.

Use Cases

• Analyzing presidential foreign policy rhetoric and goals based on the described assessment of Obama's vision
• Studying U.S. relations with major powers based on the described analysis of the 'reset' with Russia and management of China
• Evaluating foreign policy strategy execution based on the described examination of successes and failures in areas like Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine
• Researching the balance of U.S. values and interests in foreign policy based on the described handling of the Arab awakenings

Strengths

• Analysis authored by three established scholars, including Martin Indyk
• Assessment covers a wide range of foreign policy topics from counterterrorism to climate policy as described

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Martin Indyk