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7 - Barack Obama’s Soft Containment, 2013–2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2019

Timothy J. Lynch
Timothy J. Lynch
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
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Considers the strong realism of Obama and how his efforts to avoid the Syrian Civil War were like those of George H. W. Bush in Yugoslavia. Examines pros and cons of his nuclear deal with Iran and his failure to contain Russian power in Ukraine and Syria, an impotence he shares with several of his Cold War and post–Cold War predecessors. Assesses the Obama foreign policy legacy and how far it explains the rise of Donald Trump.

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Barack ObamaObama DoctrineSyriaISISISILIranIran nuclear deal2016 electionBrexitHillary ClintonUkraineAmerican foreign policy
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In the Shadow of the Cold War
American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump
 , pp. 197 - 223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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