President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address

President Obama’s State of the Union Address 2010 is remarkable in its focus on domestic issues. This is symptomatic of the United States’ current position. It is loosing power and becomes much more restraint in foreign policy aspirations and activities.

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President Obama’s West Point Speech

President Obama spoke at West Point yesterday. I’d like to give omy opinion on some aspects of the speech and the elaborated strategy. Obama seems to have told us that the United States does not give much value to Afghanistan in security terms anymore and that it will act much more restraint in its foreign [...]

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President Obama and the Nobel Peace Price

“We say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.” – Barack Obama

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Obama and Theories of International Relations

President Obama poses an important challenge to constructivism. According to the constructivist logic, Obama is altering the culture of the international system and we will soon witness a transformation of international politics towards more cooperation and less conflict. According to the realist logic, however, states will not endorse Obama’s intentions because of fear of the [...]

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