The Long Game (32 page)

   
in Libya,
113–114

   
obstacles to,
27

   
patience in,
222–224

   
precision in,
221–222

   
skepticism in,
225–226

   
success of,
230–231

   
sustainability in,
218–220

Lynch, Marc,
95

“Massive Ordnance Penetrator” (MOP),
189–190

maximalism,
215

McCain, John,
12
,
31

McDonough, Denis,
2
,
98

McFaul, Michael,
171

McGovern, George,
30

Meacham, Jon,
209

Medvedev, Dmitri,
65
,
160

Merkel, Angela

   
career of,
62

   
support of,
178

   
ties of,
211

Middle East

   
airstrikes in,
2

   
changes in,
90
,
93–94

   
foreign policy for,
94–96

   
Marshall Plan of,
94

   
military power in,
69–70

   
terrorism in,
54
,
57

military power

   
in Afghanistan,
71–72
,
79
,
144–145

   
Clinton, H., view of,
87–88

   
criminal's in,
81–82

   
deliberation of,
81–82

   
of Democrats,
38–39

   
in Egypt,
118–121
,
124

   
in Iran,
187–189
,
200–201

   
in Iraq,
144–145

   
against ISIS,
157

   
in Israel,
194–195

   
in Libya,
99–100
,
105–106
,
110
,
113

   
limitations of,
85–86

   
in Middle East,
69–70

   
Obama's relationship with,
79–81

   
of Putin,
17–18

   
in Russia,
172–173

   
struggles with,
82–83

   
in Syria,
142–144

   
training for,
146–147

   
in Ukraine,
167–170

Milne, David,
59

MOP.
See
“Massive Ordnance Penetrator”

Morsi, Mohammed

   
economy under,
118

   
election of,
117–118

   
end of,
120

Moscow,
64–65

Mosul,
149

MoveOn.org
,
39

Mubarak, Hosni

   
departure of,
117–118

   
end to,
90

Muslims

   
anti-American,
133–134

   
fears of,
95

   
leadership of,
117–120

   
plan for,
67–68

   
view of,
117

NATO

   
after Cold War,
32

   
during Libyan crisis,
100–101

   
in Ukraine crisis,
167–170

Netanyahu, Benjamin

   
concerns of,
11–12

   
Obama relationship with,
190–191

“New American Moment,”
87–88

“New START,”
159

Niebuhr, Reinhold

   
influence of,
224

   
philosophy of,
203
,
225

9/11 attack

   
foreign policy after,
32–33

   
Obama administration after,
ix
,
33

Nixon, Richard,
204

   
critiques of,
37
,
82

   
Obama compared to,
212–213

Nobel Peace Prize

   
award,
19

   
speech for,
79

no-fly zone

   
establishment of,
13
,
130–131

   
in Iraq,
130–131

   
in Libya,
97
,
113

   
support for,
97

   
symbolic,
98

   
in Syria,
154

North, Oliver,
82

North Korea,
53–54

Norway,
105

   
Oslo,
66

Nye, Joseph,
229

Obama, Barak

   
Adams compared to,
214

   
at American University,
29–30
,
201–202

   
antiwar statements of,
28–30
,
40–41

   
Arab Spring speech by,
95

   
balance of,
215–218

   
in Berlin,
62–63

   
Bush liked by,
206–212

   
campaign of,
27
,
41

   
characteristics of,
xvi–xvii

   
choices of,
25

   
Clinton, H.,. chosen by,
65

   
coercive diplomacy of,
19–23

   
critics of,
67
,
72–73
,
82
,
123–124
,
155–156
,
177–178

   
Eisenhower compared to,
204–207

   
exceptionalism of,
226–231

   
fallibility of,
224–225

   
favorite philosopher of,
203

   
force of,
6–7
,
13

   
foreign policy checklist of,
xv

   
grand strategy of,
xi

   
leadership principles of,
43–44

   
liberation of,
23–24

   
Netanyahu relationship with,
190–191

   
Nixon compared to,
212–213

   
patience of,
222–224

   
precision of,
221–222

   
Qaddafi confronted by,
103–104

   
role models of,
204

   
skepticism of,
225–226

   
speeches of,
211

   
style of,
210–211

   
sustainability of,
218–220

Obama administration

   
Arab Spring approach of,
91–92

   
after Bush administration,
x
,
xii

   
confronting China,
58–59

   
Congress battles with,
94

   
domestic politics during,
60

   
foreign policy of,
58–59
,
212–213

   
Iran relationship with,
183–185
,
199–202

   
Israel relationship with,
190–191

   
during Libya crisis,
97
,
101–102

   
limitations of,
85–86

   
after 9/11,
ix
,
33

   
“off ramp” plan of,
165–166

   
against Putin,
162–163

   
security issues of,
xix–xx

   
supporting Ukraine,
168–170
,
174–175

   
Taliban dealing with,
71–72

   
troop strategies in,
78

   
Ukraine debate within,
174–176

OPCW.
See
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

“Operation Desert Fox,”
107

“Operation Inherent Resolve,”
151

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),
19

Oslo,
66

Ottoman empire,
xix

Our Own Worst Enemy,
(Gelb, Lake, Destler),
47
,
230–231

Packer, George,
46
,
135

Pakistan

   
America relationship with,
69–70

   
finances in,
70

   
terrorism in,
69

Panetta, Leon

   
in Iranian affairs,
194–195

   
in Israeli affairs,
193

   
in Libyan affairs,
110–111

Paris attacks,
150

patience,
222–224

Paul, Rand,
16

Pentagon

   
in Iranian affairs,
187

   
during Syrian crisis,
1–8

   
wanting troops,
81–82

Persian Gulf War,
207

Petraeus, David,
141

Pew Research Center,
13

Philippines,
55

Powell, Colin,
36

Prague,
66

precision,
221–222

Putin, Vladimir

   
aggression of,
160–161

   
benefits of,
172

   
control of,
65

   
military power of,
17–18

   
Obama administration against,
162–163

Qaddafi, Muammar

   
exit of,
106–109

   
forces of,
96–97

   
intentions of,
102–103

   
Obama confronting of,
103–104

   
overthrow of,
100

   
security forces of,
97
,
160

“qualitative military edge,”
192–193

Reagan administration

   
criminals in,
82

   
Iran after,
xiv

Remnick, David,
xvii

Republicans

   
on budget,
60

   
during Bush administration,
36–37

   
mystique of,
35

   
wanting force,
15

Rhodes, Ben

   
on Egypt,
123–124

   
on military support,
142

   
on strategy,
xviii

Rice, Susan,
1

Riedel, Bruce,
69

Roosevelt, Teddy,
44–45

Rose, Gideon,
100–101

Ross, Dennis,
191

Rumsfeld, Donald,
82

Russia,
xx

   
America relationship with,
53–64
,
159–164

   
Europe relationship with,
164–165

   
foreign policy with,
171

   
military power in,
172–173

   
missiles in,
17

   
penalty box for,
164–165

   
reset in,
64–65

   
in Syria,
17
,
172–173
,
179

   
Ukraine relationship with,
162
,
172

safe zone

   
critiques of,
131

   
establishment of,
130

Schell, Jonathan,
45

Schröder, Gerhard,
62

Scowcroft, Brent,
33–34
,
208–209

“Scowcroft Democrats,”
208

security forces

   
of Afghanistan,
144–145

   
in America,
118

   
of Iraq,
78
,
146
,
151