Obama Doctrine in the Americas

Hanna S. Kassab is visiting professor at Northern Michigan University.Jonathan D. Rosen is a research analyst at Florida International University’s Applied Research Center.

The contributing authors examine the major shifts in policies toward security, drug trafficking, crime and terrorism in relation to Latin America that accompanied the foreign-policy transition from US president George W. Bush to Barack Obama.

• The Obama Administration’s Policy Challenges in the Western HemisphereTed Galen CarpenterThe Obama Doctrine and CubaDario Moreno and Maria IlchevaThe Obama Doctrine in HaitiChrista L. Remington and Jean-Claude Garcia-ZamorU.S. Foreign Policy and the Caribbean Region: The Case of Trinidad and TobagoDianne WilliamsThe Violence of El Salvador: The Obama Doctrine and the Illiberal TemptationBradford R. McGuinnHas Obama Forgotten about Mexico? An Examination of Obama’s Foreign Policy and U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations (2009–2015)Roberto Zepeda Martínez and Jonathan D. RosenShifting Priorities and Engaging the Peace Process: U.S.-Colombian Relations in the Obama EraVictor J. HinojosaThe Obama Administration and PeruBarnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintockU.S.-Bolivian Relations in Times of ChangeEduardo A. GamarraThe Failure of Engagement: U.S.-Venezuela Relations under ObamaOrlando J. PérezBrazil-U.S. Security Relations during the Obama EraRalph H. EspachSo Far From the Obama Doctrine: A View from ArgentinaKhatchik DerGhougassian and María Belén AhumadaObama’s “Canada” Doctrine and the Campaign against TerrorismAthanasios Hristoulas and Oliver Santín PeñaRegional Differences in Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Theoretical ApproachHanna S. Kassab and Jonathan D. Rosen