One of Barack Obama’s core selling points when he first sought the White House was his commitment to restoring America’s international standing from the lows it reached in the twilight of George W. Bush’s presidency. Candidate Obama promised a new tone in U.S. foreign policy and the world responded enthusiastically. Now as the president heads into his re-election campaign at home, he can point to many foreign policy successes, but the sort of adulation that greeted Obama’s entry onto the world stage has — quite expectedly — given way to more sober assessments around the globe.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=99855