Resumen de Obama and the Middle East
The author presents his thoughts concerning the policies of U.S. president Barack Obama toward the Middle East. It discusses Obama's national security interests, particularly his thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, extricating the U.S. from the Iraq War, and nuclear weapons program diplomacy with Iran, particularly the international accord with Iran agreed to in 2015. It also discusses Obama's reaction to the movement known as the Arab Spring, the limited use of U.S. military personnel in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and the U.S. response to the Islamic militant organization Islamic State. The article analyzes Obama's reaction to civil war in Syria, his policy toward the militant group al Qaeda, and jihadism
