National Security under the Obama Administration [Hardcover]

There is more continuity than discontinuity in US national security policy under President Obama, despite widespread expectations for change and misperceptions of fundamental changes having been wrought. This project brings together US and non-US experts to assess continuities and changes in US national security policy in the Obama era.Introduction: B.M.Rajaee ?& M.J.Miller PART I: US NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Obama's Grand Strategy: Agenda and Constraints; S.Kaufman ? The Somalia Syndrome and US National Security: From Bush to Obama; R.Patman ?& A.Reitzig ? American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; J.Cortinhas ? Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; C.Lepri ? PART II: WORLD REGIONS Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and Russia Policy; G.Flikke ? PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Cooperation; H.Lien US Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; S.Khan ? Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective; G.Ramuhala ? Cooperation and Discord in South America in the Twenty-First Century: The Consequences of the Colombia-United States Military Agreement of 2009; F.S.Cabarcas ? PART III: POLICY ISSUES American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World; M.Khan ?& S.J.Chehab ? Formulating War Aims in a Protracted War Environment: Lessons for US National Security Policy; G.Frechero ? Transition to the Endgame: The Challenge of US Policy toward Afghanistan; D.Green

'In National Security Under the Obama Administration, editors Bahram M. Rajaee and Mark J. Miller have assembled an impressively diverse set of authors to examine 'continuities and discontinuities that have characterized US national security policy in the transition from the Bush administration into the first two and a half years of the Obama admilãb