While the President is constantly in the spotlight giving interviews, press conferences, and and attending fundraisers, his head diplomat, Hillary Clinton, has been working away. Her most notable accomplishment to date has been helping save the Turkey-Armenia accords, finally setting the stage to allow for the two countries to normalize relations.
Since the Nobel prize announcement, a good number of people have seemed to write off the president as one who aspires but fails to deliver, but I think that Clinton’s pragmatic, diplomatic approach to foreign policy will be something that will help him deliver. It seems that “smart power” wasn’t just another attempt at flashy rebranding of the same policies.
This policy is not without its detractors, however. Some argue for a stronger position against Iran, for example. Others feel that the administration has sold out on Israel. It is too soon to tell if either side is right, but this new approach to international relations is refreshing.
