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Limited achievements : Obama's foreign policy / Zaki Laïdi ; translated by Carolyn Avery.
- Title
- Limited achievements : Obama's foreign policy / Zaki Laïdi ; translated by Carolyn Avery.
- Author
- Laïdi, Zaki.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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- Description
- xvi, 237 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- While the United States cannot solve the world's problems alone, it is not ready to allow any of these to be solved without it, let alone against it. This is the foundation of Obama's policy and the purpose of this book is to verify its validity and effectiveness. Barack Obama is inspired by a realist vision of the global order. Bereft of any grand vision, his ambition is to preserve America's great power status and make it acceptable to the rest of the world. He no longer wants his country to serve as the world's policeman. However, he has no intention of letting another country displace the United States. His scope of action lies between these two limits. Because he is not driven by a grand design, by the same token he is not willing to take any great risks. This may explain also why his achievements are limited.
- Series Statement
- The sciences Po series in international relations and political economy
- Uniform Title
- Monde selon Obama. English
- CERI series in international relations and political economy.
- Alternative Title
- Monde selon Obama.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Legacy -- White House Tight Rope -- No More Monsters to destroy? -- Repudiating The Ideology of September 11 -- Back From Baghdad -- "Good Enough For Afghanistan" -- Breaking The Pact of Silence? : Obama and The Arab Spring -- Europe : The Downgraded Ally? -- Appendices.
- ISBN
- 9781137020857 (alk. paper)
- 1137020857 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2012010432
- OCLC
- 784123837
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library