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Debating the Obama Doctrine

With President Obama in his final year in office, Brookings scholars reflect on his foreign policy legacy. They also look ahead to the next administration: what should be America’s role in the world?

The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine
U.S. Foreign Policy The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine

Steven Pifer, John Herbst

March 18, 2016

The slipperiest slope of them all
Terrorism & Extremism The slipperiest slope of them all

Tamara Cofman Wittes

March 15, 2016

The end of the U.S.-dominated order in the Middle East
American flag in Iraq
Terrorism & Extremism The end of the U.S.-dominated order in the Middle East

Martin S. Indyk

March 15, 2016

Syria and the case for restraint
U.S. Foreign Policy Syria and the case for restraint

Shibley Telhami

March 14, 2016

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