The Obama Doctrine at Year Three: An Assessment

On February 22^nd The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel discussion on the concept of whether there is an Obama Doctrine for foreign policy and, if so, how well it has worked over the last three years. The panelists addressed issues of current geo-politics including the “Reset” with Russia and the Administration’s response to the Arab Spring.  One panelist also went into some detail about the current state of intelligence gathering as compared to that of the Bush Administration when more terrorists were captured for interrogation rather than killed by drone attacks.

The panelists were:

·         Kim R. Holmes, VP, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

·         Marc A. Thiessen, Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

·         Clifford D. May, President, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

·         Helle Dale, Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation

Video and audio versions (duration 1hr: 20min) of the discussion are available on the Heritage Foundation website.  Condensed, bulletized notes can be downloaded from www.NotableThinking.com 

All notes are in PDF format. (Download free PDF Reader) 
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