Emerging New Foreign Policy

An article entitled "The Emerging Obama Foreign Policy," published on the Stratfor Global Intelligence website analyzes some of the expectations facing America's new president.

Published just a few days ago, the article takes a real look at America stance on foreign policy, past and present.

The author, Rodger Baker, writes "Whereas Bush often was portrayed as a unilateralist “cowboy,” constantly confronting others and never listening to allies (much less competitors), it was thought that Obama somehow would remake America into a nation that withheld its military power and instead confronted international relations via consultations and cooperation"

He addresses what seems to be a recurrent belief that President Obama's cooperative approach towards foreign policy would be more productive than Bush's cutthroat ideals.