From olive branch to big stick

Nov 15th 

Republicans want the president to get tougher abroad

2014 | WASHINGTON, DC

BARACK OBAMA, Washington greybeards used to say, differs from other American presidents: he secured a place in world history merely by being elected. The agreed wisdom was that Mr Obama might thus devote his final, lame-duck years to domestic matters—unlike predecessors who headed abroad to escape frustrations at home. 

From Olive Branch to Big Stick by Thavam Ratna