Obama Doctrine?
In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama gave expansive remarks on the nature of war and peace, and how he sees America's role as a leader among nations. He articulated a set of core...
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Steven Metz responded on December 14, 09 09:29 AM
Advertisement I believe that's an accurate depiction, but there's certainly little that is innovative. I'd be hard pressed to distinguish this from the Clinton strategy. Most importantly, this...
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Michael Brenner responded on December 14, 09 09:33 AM
Advertisement Trying to discern in Obama’s address at Oslo the contours of a coherent foreign policy is likely to prove futile. For the elucidation of a strategic design was not the purpose. The aim...
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Richard Hart Sinnreich responded on December 14, 09 10:39 AM
Advertisement Don't think it's a doctrine and don't think it was intended to be. It was, however, a damned impressive tutorial about the challenges of reconciling power and principle in an imperfect...
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Ron Marks responded on December 14, 09 03:39 PM
Advertisement I think with his West Point speech President Obama has begun to lay down his markers for a doctrine -- he not yet acted to make a doctrine. It is equally clear that in the arena of...
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Dov S. Zakheim responded on December 14, 09 03:48 PM
Advertisement Coming to grips, or at least partially coming to grips, with reality is hardly a doctrine. There is nothing new or different in what the President said from the policies of his...
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Larry Korb responded on December 14, 09 04:34 PM
Advertisement The Obama doctrine, which the President laid out in his Oslo speech, came as a surprise to many conservative supporters of the Bush National Security Strategy, like Robert Kagan, Newt...
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Joseph J. Collins responded on December 15, 09 09:00 AM
Advertisement Great speech, but not yet a doctrine. Larry Korb made the excellent point that the President has said all of this before, albeit not in one string. Moreover, his Oslo remarks suggest...
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Michael F. Scheuer responded on December 15, 09 10:20 AM
Advertisement Barack Obama’s performance solidified his status as the leader of modern, war-causing Western imperialism. He also reinforced the reality of his almost complete lack of concern for...
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Chris Seiple responded on December 17, 09 07:59 AM
Advertisement Winston Churchill is purported to have said that politicians tell the people what they want to hear, and statesmen tell the people what they need to hear. President Obama the...
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Paul Sullivan responded on December 17, 09 10:58 AM
Advertisement Let's take each section of this separately and then add in a wrap up statement: (1) Continued American military superiority "The United States of America has helped underwrite global...
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Patrick B. Pexton responded on December 17, 09 12:08 PM
Advertisement I want to respond to Mike Scheuer’s last comment, parts of which I am disturbed by. And I am speaking for myself, and not for National Journal. I defend Mike’s right to say or write...
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David Krieger responded on December 17, 09 07:02 PM
Advertisement President Obama gave a very unusual lecture upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. His lecture was far more a justification of war than a vision of peace. If the Nobel Committee...
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James R. Locher III responded on December 18, 09 10:02 AM
Advertisement President Obama’s speech provided us with the best glimpse so far of how he sees the world. It was an explanation of years of his careful thinking about America’s foreign policy and the...
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Michael F. Scheuer responded on December 18, 09 12:59 PM
Advertisement Sadly, Mr. Pexton, all of the presidents you mentioned engaged in precisely the type of effort Obama described as his administration’s policy; that is, intervening in the name of...
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