The Reset with Russia steadily lost momentum as Obama’s term progressed, Donald N. Jensen argues. With Putin’s return to power, Jensen expects that bright hopes for the Reset appear to be fading.
Although Republicans have sought to undermine President Obama’s policies in his first term, Erik A. Olsen expects the Republican Party to be more welcome to bipartisan policy making in Obama’s second term.
U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to face new foreign policy issues in his second term. According to Roberta Haar, there will be three main issues, namely: the Middle East, Asia and stabilizing the economy.
According to Chantal de Jonge Oudraat and Michael E. Brown, the transatlantic relationship remains strong, although some divisive issues may grow in importance.
Luitenant drs. Roy de Ruiter concludeert dat het Amerikaanse Air-Sea Battle Concept weinig interessant is voor de Nederlandse krijgsmacht weinig interessant lijkt.
Militair-historicus dr. Christ Klep concludeert uit de literatuur rondom de Nederlandse missie in Uruzgan dat ‘twijfel’ het sleutelwoord is.
Dr. Jan van der Meulen en Drs. Amber Vos stellen dat het tijd wordt om na te gaan wat het Nederlandse volk van Defensie verwacht.
Professor in Political Behavior, Dr. Galen Irwin, criticizes the electoral system. According to him, the method through which a new President is elected, is unconstitutional – were it not in the very Constitution
Volgens Thomas Gijswijt is het nog onduidelijk of Barack Obama of Mitt Romney de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen zal winnen. Ohio zal volgens Gijswijt een sleutelrol spelen in de uitslag.