1st Edition
The Obama Doctrine A Legacy of Continuity in US Foreign Policy?
Introduction
[Jack Holland and Michelle Bentley]
Section 1: Power and tradition: Situating Obama’s Foreign Policy
1 Ending 'permanent war': Security and economy under Obama
[Nicholas Kitchen]
2 Restraint and constraint: A cautious president in a time of limits
[Adam Quinn]
3 Obama as modern Jeffersonian
[Jack Holland]
Section 2: The language and culture of the War on Terror
4 Ending the Unendable: The rhetorical legacy of the War on Terror
[Michelle Bentley]
5 War on Terror II: Obama and the adaptive evolution of US counterterrorism
[Richard Jackson and Chin-Kuei Tsui]
6 Shifting binaries: The colonial legacy of Obama’s War on Terror
[Ben Fermor]
7 Identity, affective attachments, and US-Iranian nuclear posture
[Ty Solomon]
Section 3: Obama’s major challenges
8 Plus ça change? Reflecting on Obama’s nuclear agenda and legacy
[Jason Douglas and Andrew Futter]
9 The assassin in chief: Obama’s drone legacy
[Christopher Fuller]
10 Hard choices in democracy promotion: Obama and Egypt
[Nicolas Bouchet]
11 US-Russia relations in Obama’s second term: A damage limitation exercise
[Maxine David]
12 The US and China: Obama’s cautious engagement
[Oliver Turner]
13 Energy security under Obama: Some hope, but not much change
[Jonna Nyman]
Section 4: The Obama Doctrine: Its place in history
14 For the record: (Re)constructing Obama’s foreign policy legacy
[Lee Jarvis and Michael Lister]
Biography
Michelle Bentley is Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Jack Holland is Associate Professor in International Security at the University of Leeds, UK
