Description
There is more continuity than discontinuity in US national security policy under President Obama, despite widespread expectations for change and misperceptions of fundamental changes having been wrought. This project brings together US and non-US experts to assess continuities and changes in US national security policy in the Obama era.
Table of Contents
Introduction: B.M.Rajaee & M.J.Miller PART I: US NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Obama's Grand Strategy: Agenda and Constraints; S.Kaufman The Somalia Syndrome and US National Security: From Bush to Obama; R.Patman & A.Reitzig American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; J.Cortinhas Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; C.Lepri PART II: WORLD REGIONS Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and Russia Policy; G.Flikke PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Cooperation; H.Lien US Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; S.Khan Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective; G.Ramuhala Cooperation and Discord in South America in the Twenty-First Century: The Consequences of the Colombia-United States Military Agreement of 2009; F.S.Cabarcas PART III: POLICY ISSUES American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World; M.Khan & S.J.Chehab Formulating War Aims in a Protracted War Environment: Lessons for US National Security Policy; G.Frechero Transition to the Endgame: The Challenge of US Policy toward Afghanistan; D.Green
