U.S. Foreign Policy in the Light of Obama's Pivot to Asia

Subject Areas : International Relations

Farzad Mohammadzadeh Ebrahimi ¹ , Mohammadreza Maleki ² , Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh ³

1 - دانشجوی دکترای رشته روابط بین‌الملل دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اصفهان(خوراسگان)
2 - استادیار گروه حقوق و علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد کرج
3 - Associate Professor of Isfahan University

Received: 2016-07-05 Accepted : 2016-07-05 Published : 2016-06-21

Keywords: United States, Political Realism, Obama's Foreign Policy, Pivot to Asia,

Abstract :

Abstract: With the start of the presidency of Barack Obama and his promise to change, America's foreign policy orientation altered from the Middle East to Asia, so that Obama during his presidency has made great efforts to focus United States' attention and resources to Asia-Pacific. What is the reason of America's strategic orientation change under the Obama presidency from the Middle East to Asia-Pacific? Where should be pursued the context of this change? Due to the proximity of the Obama doctrine to political realism principles, the reason of this change must be tracked on the Obama's realistic policies. Therefore, this study tries to show that how Obama's realistic foreign policy changed the strategic orientation of this country by using the analytical - explanatory method. In this regard, after examining the theory of political realism and Obama realistic doctrine, the Pivot to Asia strategy will be explored which represents an important change in the United States foreign policy from the Middle East to Asia-Pacific.

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