National Security under the Obama Administration

Introduction: B.M.Rajaee  & M.J.Miller PART I: US NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Obama's Grand Strategy: Agenda and Constraints; S.Kaufman   The Somalia Syndrome and US National Security: From Bush to Obama; R.Patman  & A.Reitzig   American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; J.Cortinhas   Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; C.Lepri   PART II: WORLD REGIONS Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and Russia Policy; G.Flikke   PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Cooperation; H.Lien US Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; S.Khan   Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective; G.Ramuhala   Cooperation and Discord in South America in the Twenty-First Century: The Consequences of the Colombia-United States Military Agreement of 2009; F.S.Cabarcas   PART III: POLICY ISSUES American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World; M.Khan  & S.J.Chehab   Formulating War Aims in a Protracted War Environment: Lessons for US National Security Policy; G.Frechero   Transition to the Endgame: The Challenge of US Policy toward Afghanistan; D.Green