The Obama Doctrine The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.

Abstract

Obama on..

1. Why he’s proud of not striking Assad in 2013
2. The necessity of pivoting from the Middle East to Asia and other regions
3. Why Ukraine will always be vulnerable to Russian domination
4. Resisting John Kerry’s requests to attack Syrian-regime targets
5. Why Saudi Arabia should share the Middle East with Iran
6. How ISIS is like the Joker
7. Why Putin is “not completely stupid”
8. How France and Great Britain contributed to the mess in Libya
9. Why ISIS isn’t an existential threat, but climate change is
10. Why he resents Netanyahu’s lectures