The Obama Doctrine in the Americas

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.

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The Obama Doctrine in the Americas

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.

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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: 9781498523998
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 02/04/2016
Series: Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

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

1The Obama Administration’s Policy Challenges in the Western Hemisphere
Ted Galen Carpenter
2The Obama Doctrine and Cuba
Dario Moreno and Maria Ilcheva
3The Obama Doctrine in Haiti
Christa L. Remington and Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
4U.S. Foreign Policy and the Caribbean Region: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago
Dianne Williams
5The Violence of El Salvador: The Obama Doctrine and the Illiberal Temptation
Bradford R. McGuinn
6Has 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
7Shifting Priorities and Engaging the Peace Process: U.S.-Colombian Relations in the Obama Era
Victor J. Hinojosa
8The Obama Administration and Peru
Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock
9U.S.-Bolivian Relations in Times of Change
Eduardo A. Gamarra
10The Failure of Engagement: U.S.-Venezuela Relations under Obama
Orlando J. Pérez
11Brazil-U.S. Security Relations during the Obama Era
Ralph H. Espach
12So Far From the Obama Doctrine: A View from Argentina
Khatchik DerGhougassian and María Belén Ahumada
13Obama’s “Canada” Doctrine and the Campaign against Terrorism
Athanasios Hristoulas and Oliver Santín Peña
14Regional Differences in Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Approach
Hanna S. Kassab and Jonathan D. Rosen

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