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      A legacy of continuity in US foreign policy?

      The Obama Doctrine

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      The Obama Doctrine book

      A legacy of continuity in US foreign policy?
      Edited ByMichelle Bentley, Jack Holland
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2016
      eBook Published 15 August 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315731346
      Pages 248
      eBook ISBN 9781315731346
      Subjects Politics & International Relations
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      Bentley, M., & Holland, J. (Eds.). (2016). The Obama Doctrine: A legacy of continuity in US foreign policy? (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315731346

      ABSTRACT

      President Obama’s first term in office was subject to intense criticism; not only did many feel that he had failed to live up to his leadership potential, but that he had actually continued the foreign policy framework of the George W. Bush era he was supposed to have abandoned. This edited volume examines whether these issues of continuity have been equally as prevalent during the president’s second term as his first. 

      Is Obama still acting within the foreign policy shadow of Bush, or has he been able to establish his own approach towards international affairs, distinct from his predecessor? Within this context, the volume also addresses the idea of legacy and whether Obama has succeeded in establishing his own distinct foreign policy doctrine. In addressing these questions, the chapters explore continuity and change from a range of perspectives in International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis, which are broadly representative of a spectrum of theoretical positions.

      With contributions from a range of US foreign policy experts, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy, Foreign Policy Analysis and American politics.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |6 pages

      Introduction

      ByJack Holland, Michelle Bentley

      part I|47 pages

      Power and tradition

      chapter 1|17 pages

      Ending ‘permanent war’

      Security and economy under Obama
      ByNicholas Kitchen

      chapter 2|14 pages

      Restraint and constraint

      A cautious president in a time of limits
      ByAdam Quinn

      chapter 3|14 pages

      Obama as modern Jeffersonian

      ByJack Holland

      part II|59 pages

      The language and culture of the war on terror

      chapter 4|13 pages

      Ending the unendable

      The rhetorical legacy of the war on terror
      ByMichelle Bentley

      chapter 5|14 pages

      War on terror II

      Obama and the adaptive evolution of US counterterrorism
      ByRichard Jackson, Chin-Kuei Tsui

      chapter 6|15 pages

      Shifting binaries

      The colonial legacy of Obama's war on terror
      ByBen Fermor

      chapter 7|15 pages

      Identity, affective attachments, and US–Iranian nuclear politics

      ByTy Solomon

      part III|93 pages

      Obama's major challenges

      chapter 8|14 pages

      Plus ça change?

      Reflecting on Obama's nuclear agenda and legacy
      ByJason Douglas, Andrew Futter

      chapter 9|19 pages

      The assassin in chief

      Obama's drone legacy
      ByChristopher Fuller

      chapter 10|14 pages

      Hard choices in democracy promotion

      Obama and Egypt
      ByNicolas Bouchet

      chapter 11|16 pages

      US–Russia relations in Obama's second term

      A damage limitation exercise
      ByMaxine David

      chapter 12|14 pages

      The US and China

      Obama's cautious engagement
      ByOliver Turner

      chapter 13|14 pages

      Energy security under Obama

      Some hope, but not much change
      ByJonna Nyman

      part IV|19 pages

      The Obama doctrine

      chapter 14|17 pages

      For the record

      (Re)constructing Obama's foreign policy legacy
      ByLee Jarvis, Michael Lister
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