hypocritexposer
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Behind the flamboyant gestures, public symbolism and easy charm, is there a method to Barack Obama’s foreign policy? Obama has travelled to Europe, given a conciliatory speech in Turkey where he spoke of Muslim members in his family, greeted President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in Spanish at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. These are cute stories for the media. In policy terms, do they add up to anything?
On substantive issues, Obama has not revealed his mind. Dozens of State Department officials, diplomats, ambassadors, special envoys, plenipotentiaries may clock up thousands of air miles. However, they can’t actually do anything till the President decides what he wants done.
American foreign policy is desperately seeking traction. There are fears of a creeping strategic paralysis in Washington, DC. At the Foreign Office in New Delhi, this view is not uncommon.
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