LEADER 04611nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910597897103321 005 20240423152036.0 010 $a1-78093-112-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000111049 035 $a(EBL)1751433 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736457 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12282839 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736457 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10768618 035 $a(PQKB)10667447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1751433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6160261 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000111049 100 $a20110915d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBarack Obama's post-American foreign policy$b[electronic resource] $ethe limits of engagement /$fRobert Singh 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cBloomsbury Academic$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78093-037-2 311 $a1-78093-038-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-242) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 A Post-American Foreign Policy for the Post-American World; Introduction; Audacious No Longer: From the Fierce Urgency of Now to the Timidity of ""Hope""; Contextualizing Obama; Plan of the Book; 2 The ""Human Ink-Blot"": Obama, Foreign Policy and the 2008 Election; Introduction; ""I''ve Got a Confusion on Obama"": Cosmopolitan, Liberal Internationalist, Realist, Reaganite, Leftist?; The Stealth Candidate: Symbolism as Strategy (Hope) and Substance (Change); Commander-in-Chief/Cosmopolitan-in-Chief; Conclusion 327 $a3 The Obama Doctrine: ""Leading From Behind""Introduction; Obama''s Grand Strategy: Engagement; Implementing Strategic Engagement (2009-12); The Conservative Critique: Obama and the End of American Exceptionalism; Conclusion; 4 Afghanistan, Pakistan and the War on Terror; Introduction; Un-Declaring the War on Terror; From the Team of Rivals to Rival Teams; Pakistan: Failing State of Terror; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in South Asia; 5 Iran; Introduction; Extending a Hand, Unclenching a Fist: Towards a ""Grand Bargain""; The Iranian Presidential Election Crisis of 2009 327 $aFrom Engagement to Sanctions to Regime ChangeEvaluating Obama''s Iran Strategy; Iraq; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Iran; 6 Israel, Palestine and the Arab Spring; Introduction; Obama''s Strategic Options; Israel and the Palestinian Territories; The Arab Spring: the Inevitable Surprise; Egypt; Libya; Syria; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in the Middle East; 7 China; Introduction; US China Strategy for the 2010s: Peaceful Rise, Post-Ascent Aggression or Unpeaceful Collapse?; Obama and China: from Engagement to Hedging; Economic Relations 327 $aChinese Military Developments: Enter the DragonTaiwan; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with China; 8 Russia; Introduction; Resetting Russian-American Relations; Missile Defense, New START, and Afghanistan; Missile Defense; New START; Afghanistan, Central Asia and the ""Post-Soviet Space""; Resetting the Reset?; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Russia; 9 Keep the Change: Continuity We Can Believe In; Introduction; The Four Limits of Strategic Engagement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 327 $aYZ 330 $aAfter one of the most controversial and divisive periods in the history of American foreign policy under President George W. Bush, the Obama administration was expected to make changes for the better in US relations with the wider world. Now, international problems confronting Obama appear more intractable, and there seems to be a marked continuity in policies between Obama and his predecessor. Robert Singh argues that Obama''s approach of ''strategic engagement'' was appropriate for a new era of constrained internationalism, but it has yielded modest results. Obama''s search for the pragmat 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2009- 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a328.73092 700 $aSingh$b Robert$0802068 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597897103321 996 $aBarack Obama's Post-American Foreign Policy$91803346 997 $aUNINA