The Obama Doctrine in the Americas

Hanna Samir Kassab, Jonathan D. Rosen

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2016
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216216025
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FACES IN THE REGION
• Chapter 1. The Obama Administration’s Policy Challenges in the Western Hemisphere
• Part II. OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN
• Chapter 2. The Obama Doctrine and Cuba
• Chapter 3. The Obama Doctrine in Haiti
• Chapter 4. U. S. Foreign Policy and the Caribbean Region: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago
• Part III. THE OBAMA DOCTRINE: THE CASES OF EL SALVADOR AND MEXICO
• Chapter 5. The Violence of El Salvador: The Obama Doctrine and the Illiberal Temptation
• Chapter 6. Has Obama Forgotten about Mexico? An Examination of Obama’s Foreign Policy and U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations (2009–2015)
• Chapter 7. Shifting Priorities and Engaging the Peace Process: U.S.-Colombian Relations in the Obama Era
• Chapter 8. The Obama Administration and Peru
• Chapter 9. U.S.-Bolivian Relations in Times of Change
• Chapter 10. The Failure of Engagement: U.S.-Venezuela Relations under Obama
• Chapter 11. Brazil-U.S. Security Relations during the Obama Era
• Chapter 12. So Far from the Obama Doctrine: A View from Argentina
• Part V. OBAMA’S CANADA DOCTRINE AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES
• Chapter 13. Obama’s “Canada” Doctrine and the Campaign against Terrorism
• Chapter 14. Regional Differences in Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Approach
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors