Barack Obama burst onto the European scene in 2008 in Berlin, with a speech that dazzled a crowd of thousands. His hopeful speech hit a nerve on a continent disillusioned with the botched interventionist politics of the Bush era. Expectations sky-rocketed.
And quickly plummeted. Russia’s annexation of Crimea; the NSA wire-tap scandal; the escalating civil war in Syria; the spread of terror in the Middle East and ensuing waves of refugees: Obama’s eight years in office have been riddled with crises that strained the transatlantic relationship, and for which he faced harsh criticism.
This week he goes to Britain and Germany, perhaps …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
