The president’s new national security strategy could mark a stiffening of hawkish tendencies on Ukraine and other challenges where the US has appeared reactiveBarack Obama unveils his administration’s new national security strategy on Friday with the sound of past foreign policy promise ringing in his ears – and its unmet challenges staring him in the face.“As-salamu alaykum,” began the president in Cairo in a famous “new beginnings” speech once aimed at bridging the divide between Islam and the US. Related: US increasingly concerned that Russia is intent on partitioning Ukraine Related: Obama to keep Netanyahu at arm’s length …read more
Source: The Guardian
