Open AccessThe Recapitulation of Obama´s Security and Defence Policy. The End of his First Presidential Term
Author(s) -
Antonín Rašek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vojenské rozhledy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-2995
pISSN - 1210-3292
DOI - 10.3849/2336-2995.21.2012.03.003-016
Subject(s) - summit , foreign policy , political science , presidential system , china , politics , political economy , security policy , public administration , law , sociology , geography , computer security , physical geography , computer science
The results of American foreign, security, defence and military policies are ambiguous. The war in Iraq ends, troops are going to leave both Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama was held up in Arab spring. He tried to improve relations with Russia. The centre of gravity was moved to the Pacific area, which got complicated ties with People's China. He didn't succeed in solving troubles with nuclear programme in Iran. His moderate success in foreign policy was the consequence of his concentration on home politics, health care reform, economy and financial crises. At the end the essay evaluates the Chicago summit that among others officially affirmed that NATO activities in Afghanistan would be concluded by 2014 and declared the so-called smart defence.