From the perspective of the Obama Administration, what would they argue is the "Obama Doctrine". I would argue they would say it was this:
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/8/5981543/...-it-is-working
As a follow-on question, however you would argue they would define their doctrine, is it an accurate description?This goes to show mostly that the Washington policy establishment engages in a lot of tedious conversations. It's pretty clear to me that Obama is a realist, as are almost all leaders of almost all countries, and that he doesn't particularly feel bad about it at all. Nor should he. He's actually quite good at it.
To its detractors, realism is a policy of cynicism — one that, in the name a cold-hearted national interest, leaves on the table a bounty of humanitarian gains ripe for the plucking.
The more generous view is that realism is a policy of limits. A recognition that for a moral foreign policy to do any good in the world it must be feasible, and that even the mightiest empire the world has ever known faces daunting challenges when it attempts to remake the domestic politics of foreign countries. A recognition that the long-term ability of the United States to do any good for anyone hinges on maintaining domestic strength and advancing foreign goals in cost-effective ways.
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