Obama's World

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

When Barack Obama was sworn into office in January 2009 he promised to change the way America behaved abroad. His foreign policy objectives were clear. He would reset relations with Russia, extend a hand of friendship to the Muslim world, bring Iran in from the cold and end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He promised action on nuclear arms and climate change. How the world will look back on Obama’s time in office?

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0:00.0	This is the BBC World Service. I'm Mahal Tousi and you're listening to Obama's world
0:07.0	service. I'm Mahal Tousie and you're listening to Obama's world.
0:11.0	Yes we can.
0:14.1	When Barack Obama, a 47-year-old African-American senator from Illinois, was elected
0:19.1	president of the United States, it wasn't just Americans who heard his message of hope and change.
0:24.3	Change has come to America.
0:27.0	The rest of the world was listening to.
0:29.6	He was different, you know, he was completely different.
0:32.4	The Egyptians were holding election parties.
0:34.0	He was a promise for many people.
0:37.0	Barack Obama inherited a country that appeared to be in decline economically and militarily and succeeded a president,
0:45.4	George W Bush, who was almost universally loathed on the world stage.
0:50.7	Nearly eight years later, what's the verdict on Obama's impact beyond U.S. borders?
0:56.0	What kind of a foreign policy has he pursued?
0:58.7	Was he a realist, an idealist, a risk-taker, or too cautious?
1:05.0	Is it even possible to neatly define Obama,
1:08.0	a man who already has defied so many stereotypes
1:10.9	about US presidents? I usually cover foreign policy for
1:14.3	political and news organization in Washington DC. He's a deeply pragmatic person. He's
1:20.0	a ruthless and in many ways cold-blooded decision-maker.
1:23.7	That's Derek Shoulet.
1:25.0	He can be a very uncentimental that has led to criticisms of him.
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