Four more years

 

Obama won the election and that means he will be the President for four more years.  What does this mean for his foreign policy?  On the one hand this means stability in US policies towards Afghanistan, the Middle East and Russia.  On the other hand there will be major changes in Obama's foreign policy team and there are reports that now the election is over Obama is reconsidering some of his foreign policy strategies.  Over the next few months Obama will be focused on budget issues, the so called financial cliff, but early next year pay attention to foreign policy.  Issues like Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and more will be making headlines.  For an article on the impact of secretary of state click here. For an update of the reset with Russia (by the way, I think Putin is very happy that Romney did not win) click here.

Election time

 

The US presidential election is almost here.  It is still too close to call.  This is certainly one of the more exciting elections in recent memory.  As you know, the US presidential system is a bit quirky, if you would like to read more about it you can read what I wrote in Delfi here.  Currently the candidates are making their closing statements on why they should be chosen.  You can read an op-ed on CNN.com by Romney here, and by Obama here.  If you want to know what foreign policy challanges the President will be facing over the next four years you can read a recent blog entry by Stephen Walt here. Enjoy the election!