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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797909203321

Titolo

The Obama doctrine in the Americas / / edited by Hanna S. Kassab and Jonathan D. Rosen ; contributors, María Belén Ahumada [and nineteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2400-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

Disciplina

327.7308

Soggetti

United States Foreign relations Latin America

Latin America Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FACES IN THE REGION; Chapter 1. The Obama Administration's Policy Challenges in the Western Hemisphere; Part II. OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN; Chapter 2. The Obama Doctrine and Cuba; Chapter 3. The Obama Doctrine in Haiti; Chapter 4. U. S. Foreign Policy and the Caribbean Region: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago; Part III. THE OBAMA DOCTRINE: THE CASES OF EL SALVADOR AND MEXICO; Chapter 5. The Violence of El Salvador: The Obama Doctrine and the Illiberal Temptation

Chapter 6. Has Obama Forgotten about Mexico? An Examination of Obama's Foreign Policy and U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations (2009-2015)Chapter 7. Shifting Priorities and Engaging the Peace Process: U.S.-Colombian Relations in the Obama Era; Chapter 8. The Obama Administration and Peru; Chapter 9. U.S.-Bolivian Relations in Times of Change; Chapter 10. The Failure of Engagement: U.S.-Venezuela Relations under Obama; Chapter 11. Brazil-U.S. Security Relations during the Obama Era; Chapter 12. So Far from the Obama Doctrine: A View from Argentina



Part V. OBAMA'S CANADA DOCTRINE AND THEORETICAL APPROACHESChapter 13. Obama's "Canada" Doctrine and the Campaign against Terrorism; Chapter 14. Regional Differences in Obama's Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Approach; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes Obama's foreign policy in the Americas, focusing on major security-related issues such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism. This book is meant not only for academics and students but also for policy analysts.