Politics, discourse, policy -- New president, new discourse, new policy? -- Troop increases in Afghanistan, troop withdrawal from Iraq: is it all about Middle Eastern policy? -- Osama bin Laden and the usefulness of an iconic adversary -- Under attack: Benghazi and the responses -- Speaking of Syria: how discourse can get away from an administration -- What it takes to intervene: changes from 2013 to 2014 -- Conclusion: not so foreign, not so new. |