American Foreign Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Bush and Obama Cover Image

Bush Ve Obama Karşilaştirmasi Çerçevesinde Amerikan Diş Politika Analizi
American Foreign Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Bush and Obama

Author(s): Ayşe Bahar Hurmi
Subject(s): Governance, Political history, International relations/trade, Comparative politics
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: American Foreign Policy; Bush; Obama; Change; Diplomacy;

Summary/Abstract: The way of intervention to the world developments and unilateral policies followed by Bush Government acting as the gendarmerie of the world have brought problems which seems difficult to be solved. Thus, the defeat of the neocons and the victory of African-American candidate Obama, which was not even regarded as possible by many, with the motto of “change” as the new president , flourished the hopes and calmed down the increasing anti- American feelings all over the world, especially in the Middle-East. Obama, who took the ruins over when he came to office, seemed to have a hard row to hoe. Adopting multilateral approaches and tolerant diplomacy instead of his precedessor’s unilateral approaches and aggressive diplomacy indicated his tendency to put the motto of “change” into practice. This study aims to signify that; Obama’s policies based on diplomacy are still subject to change for tougher policies when the American interests are in question.

  • Issue Year: 2/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 56-81
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Turkish