The Atlantic magazine’s article on “The Obama Doctrine” has caused ripples all over the world, because of the frankness with which the US president discussed his foreign policy with Jeffrey Goldberg, the article’s author. In the UK, most of the headlines have concerned President Obama’s criticism of David Cameron, over Libya. But, in fact, the article is full of fascinating stuff on all sorts of subjects. Here are some of my selected highlights:1. The article will not make comforting reading for Saudi Arabia. As Goldberg notes, Obama is “clearly irritated that foreign policy orthodoxy compels him to treat Saudi Arabia as an ally”. White House officials apparently are in the habit of reminding visitors how many of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis.
《大西洋月刊》(The Atlantic)杂志的一篇有关“奥巴马主义”(The Obama Doctrine)的文章在全世界激起了波澜，原因是这位美国总统与该文作者杰弗里•戈德堡(Jeffrey Goldberg)讨论其外交政策时直言不讳。在英国，大多数头条关注的都是奥巴马总统就利比亚问题对英国首相戴维•卡梅伦(David Cameron)的批评。但是，事实上这篇文章充满了有关各种问题的有趣内容。以下是我挑选出来的一些亮点：