Peter Baker del New York Times sintetizza la dottrina di politica estera di Barack Obama:
"If there is an Obama doctrine emerging, it is one much more realpolitik than his predecessor’s, focused on relations with traditional great powers and relegating issues like human rights and democracy to second-tier concerns. He has generated much more good will around the world after years of tension with Mr. Bush, and yet he does not seem to have strong personal friendships with many world leaders".
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A complicare le cose c’è Thomas Friedman. Sullo stesso numero del Times scrive, a ragione, che sull’Afghanistan il realista è stato Bush (non ce ne frega niente del nation building). E che l’idealista è Obama: "Idealism is the new realism"