Obama's Foreign Policy Agenda

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Obama's Foreign Policy Agenda

Most of the items on the foreign policy agenda awaiting President Obama require global cooperation, including climate change, nonproliferation, and the war in Afghanistan. History suggests, however, that nations are less cooperative during times of upheaval, and the economic crisis – itself a problem requiring multinational action – may hinder the new administration’s ability to find solutions.

Published on Dec 28, 2008

Source: Voice of America

“You’d have to go back a long way to find a president so widely embraced around the world,” according to Will Dobson. President Barack Obama will need all the goodwill his election generated as his administration tackles the long list of challenges at home and abroad he has inherited. Most of the items on the foreign policy agenda require global cooperation, including climate change, nonproliferation, and the war in Afghanistan. History suggests, however, that nations are less cooperative during times of upheaval, and the economic crisis – itself a problem requiring multinational action – may hinder the new administration’s ability to find solutions.

In an interview with Voice of America’s Carol Castiel, Dobson discussed the foreign policy agenda facing President Obama, and assessed the prospects for multilateral cooperation on pressing international issues.

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