Obama and the Present

There were a lot of great articles that everyone sent in. I'm posting all of them here, including some recent material on Israel and ISIS, but for class next time lets all look at the first 13 more general pieces (the ones above the dashes)

Barack Obama in his own words:
Candidate Obama from 2007
Obama's Cairo Speech

The Middle East: Have We Lost It?
How America Lost the Middle East
The End of America's Moment in the Middle East?
US Power in the Middle East: Not Declining

The Middle East: Does it Matter?
Why the Middle East Still Doesnt Matter
The Real Pivot Back to the Middle East

General Assessments of Obama's Polices
Trouble at the Core of Obama's Foreign Policy
Commentary on Obama's West Point Speech
Obama's Anti-Doctrinal Doctrine (the first chapter)

Advice
A New US Strategy for the Middle East
How Obama Can Chart a new Course in the ME
The Grand Strategy Obama Needs

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Israel
The New Yorker: Is AIPAC losing influence?
How the Israel Palestine Deal Died
Jeffrey Goldberg: The Crisis in US Israel Relations is Finally Here
Some further thoughts on the Obama-Bibi Chickenshit Moment
And finally, Martin Peretz, from 2011, getting so mad at Obama and Erdogan he repeatedly slips into French...

The Arab Spring, Syria and ISIS
Demystifying the Arab Spring
The International Socialist Review on Neoliberalism and Egypt's Revolution
Some Background on ISIS
McCain on How Obama Screwed Up
Jimmy Carter on How Obama Screwed Up