The Obama Doctrine in the Americas

by Hanna Samir Kassab Northern Michigan University (Editor), Jonathan D. Rosen (Editor), María Belén Ahumada (Contribution by), Ted Galen Carpenter Cato Institute (Contribution by), Khatchik DerGhougassian (Contribution by)

Overview

This volume examines the foreign policy transition from George W. Bush to Barack H. Obama in relation to the countries of the Americas. In this work, contributors consider the major defining features of their respective policies in dealing with security-related issues. Specifically, they examine whether major differences or continuities truly exist between the foreign policies of Bush and Obama, especially given the perception of American decline. The volume highlights Obama’s foreign policy in the Americas, focusing on issue areas that threaten international security, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism. This work provides both theoretical and policy insights for academics and policy analysts interested in foreign affairs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498524001
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	02/04/2016
Series:	Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	382
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Hanna S. Kassab is visiting professor at Northern Michigan University.

Jonathan D. Rosen is a research analyst at Florida International University’s Applied Research Center.

Table of Contents

1. The Obama Administration’s Policy Challenges in the Western Hemisphere

Ted Galen Carpenter

1. The Obama Doctrine and Cuba

Dario Moreno and Maria Ilcheva

1. The Obama Doctrine in Haiti

Christa L. Remington and Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor

1. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Caribbean Region: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago

Dianne Williams

1. The Violence of El Salvador: The Obama Doctrine and the Illiberal Temptation

Bradford R. McGuinn

1. Has Obama Forgotten about Mexico? An Examination of Obama’s Foreign Policy and U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations (2009–2015)

Roberto Zepeda Martínez and Jonathan D. Rosen

1. Shifting Priorities and Engaging the Peace Process: U.S.-Colombian Relations in the Obama Era

Victor J. Hinojosa

1. The Obama Administration and Peru

Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock

1. U.S.-Bolivian Relations in Times of Change

Eduardo A. Gamarra

1. The Failure of Engagement: U.S.-Venezuela Relations under Obama

Orlando J. Pérez

1. Brazil-U.S. Security Relations during the Obama Era

Ralph H. Espach

1. So Far From the Obama Doctrine: A View from Argentina

Khatchik DerGhougassian and María Belén Ahumada

1. Obama’s “Canada” Doctrine and the Campaign against Terrorism

Athanasios Hristoulas and Oliver Santín Peña

1. Regional Differences in Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Approach

Hanna S. Kassab and Jonathan D. Rosen

Editorial Reviews

The Obama Doctrine in the Americas is a balanced and thoughtful overview of how President Obama and his Western Hemisphere team have sought to engage with Latin America as its dynamics and challenges have evolved in the context of globalization…an important addition to the literature on Latin American studies, and U.S. Foreign Policy in general.

R. Evan Ellis

What should Washington do next in Latin America? The Obama Doctrine in the Americas provides a very timely, comprehensive, and thoughtful examination of Washington’s foreign policy approaches in the Western Hemisphere; a great contribution to all of us who are concerned about the role and importance of the Americas in world affairs.

Betty Horwitz

The contributing authors examine the major shifts in policies toward security, drug trafficking, crime and terrorism in relation to Latin America that accompanied the foreign-policy transition from US president George W. Bush to Barack Obama.

Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

The contributing authors examine the major shifts in policies toward security, drug trafficking, crime and terrorism in relation to Latin America that accompanied the foreign-policy transition from US president George W. Bush to Barack Obama.

Survival: Global Politics and Strategy