Obama nation?: US foreign policy one year on: Obama’s Middle East policy: time to decide (original) (raw)

The article evaluates President Obama's Middle East foreign policy during his first year in office, emphasizing the challenges he faced with Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and anti-American sentiment. Despite efforts to rebuild America's soft power and a shift in rhetoric aimed at engaging with the Muslim world, the piece argues that there has been no major breakthrough in these areas. It concludes that while the situation did not worsen, significant decisions are necessary in the second year to leverage the goodwill gained and achieve meaningful results.