The Politics of Policy: the Obama Doctrine and the Arab Spring
Author
Tyler, Hannah
Illustrator
Bishop, Justin
Date
2017Abstract
This paper defines and examines the Obama Doctrine by contextualizing it through the lens of other presidential doctrines and schools of realism and idealism. In addition, it seeks to establish the doctrine's tenets and contradictions. It then examines Obama’s arc of disenchantment with the Arab Spring and explains how this arc affected the way he made policy regarding the Middle East.
Description
This paper was written in Dr. Nathan Citino's history seminar, America in the Middle East (HIST 436).
Citation
Published Version
Type
Journal article