Obama's foreign policy reflects America's strategic interests

Obama's foreign policy reflects America's strategic interests

Strategic interests of the main engine of U.S. foreign policy
5:08 p.m.
22
October
2012
Cairo - Sally Salah
Characterized the presidency of U.S. President Barack Obama's first make radical changes in foreign policy, the changes that were poured in the strategic interest of the United States. Regardless of the policy U.S. President to the Middle East, was a foreign policy tend greatly to the consolidation of relations in Asia, and alleviate criticism of Latin America, and ignoring the sub-Saharan region, seeking to end the crisis Europe Financial, which stumbled solved so far, and which negatively affected on the U.S. economy.
According to a report published by Britain's Guardian newspaper, the most important decision in terms of strategy for the United States during the presidency of Obama's first is "focus attention" on the consolidation of relations in Asia, for example, the United States pledged this year publish 60% of its assets marine military in the area Asia and the Pacific by 2020, and in the context of Washington's attempt to rein in China's growing influence in the region. Chinese analysts say that this step is one of the main reasons for reaching bilateral relations between the two countries to their lowest level since Obama took office.
However, the U.S. administration was keen not to anger the Chinese dragon, where U.S. President waited more than two years ago to meet the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet in exile, occupied by China since 1959. As explained U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the U.S. refusal to human rights violations in China should not affect the relationship of cooperation between the two strongest two in the world on economic and other issues.
Despite belonging to the African, but that Obama did not spend less than 24 hours in the sub-Saharan region as president. Also failed to reach important initiative there can finish what experienced by the region's problems.
For his part, writer Todd Moss in the U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs: "revived heritage Kenyan President has high hopes to develop African foreign policy is strong, but his administration has failed to achieve the minimum expectations."
He added: "Even staunch supporters acknowledged that his policy towards Africa is weaker than previous presidents."
However, focused and U.S. Secretary of State in the journey to fifteen African countries to strengthen economic relations with the countries of the continent, as I took in her journey CEOs of major U.S. companies. This confirms the development of American philosophy and approach toward Africa and mind and investment destination, and not as a state suffering from hunger and in need of humanitarian assistance.
Has faced the initial step to re-American relations - Russian new obstacles and the insistence of Russian President Vladimir Putin to suppress dissent, and refusing to fully take action on the Syrian crisis.
As Obama's policy towards Europe was characterized by anger and extreme frustration due to the failure of its leaders to solve the debt crisis and the single currency, prompted him to ask the decision-makers in Europe to take radical action to resolve the crisis in the euro zone.