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If one is forced to describe Obama’s foreign policy approach with one simple word, ‘cautious’ would be the best choice. Caution â€" in the Administration’s own statements â€" has helped define every response by President Obama to any sudden political development around the world, from the Korean Peninsula to North Africa.

The president has been cautious in responding to security challenges with respect to Taiwan-China relations and North Korea’s military threats toward South Korea. He reacted with great caution in his response to the mass protests in Iran last year and last month. And he has been very cautious concerning the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and beyond.

Substantively, and arguably rightly so, his pragmatic policies have been met with some success and mostly bipartisan support in Congress.  

Cautious pragmatism, in fact, would certainly fit as a more appropriate and sophisticated depiction of the pres! ident’s approach.

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