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Barack Obama
Barack Obama news and analysis from The Nation
March 5, 2019
The weakest response of Democrats to Trump would be to defend the old foreign-policy consensus.
January 28, 2019
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
December 18, 2018
The only immediate effect of Judge Reed O’Connor’s fundamentally flawed ruling will be to underscore Republicans’ political weakness.
November 27, 2018
If Democrats need lessons on maximizing votes across the demographic divide, 2018 provides some clear examples of what to do—and what not to.
November 9, 2018
The former Obama speechwriter and deputy national-security adviser discusses the future of foreign policy and the Democratic party.
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October 17, 2018
Obama and his speechwriter and national-security adviser set out to break from the foreign-policy establishment; instead, they found themselves absorbed by it.
October 10, 2018
Under international law, Washington—during both the Obama and Trump administrations—has been a co-belligerent with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
July 23, 2018
This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president.
July 10, 2018
The Obama Foundation is back selling hope and change to big-name donors, but this time, Chicago’s South Side residents aren’t all buying it.
