Dr. James D. Boys is a Contributing Editor to The Commentator. He is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London, Associate Professor of International Political Studies at Richmond University in London and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute. Visit his website at www.jamesdboys.com and follow him on Twitter @jamesdboys
State of the Union: State of a failing presidency
Obama's speech may have been his best chance at reinvigorating a beleaguered administration. But it largely failed to do so, having little new to offer, save for small postures and restated positions
- 29 January 2014
Obama's 2013? Appalling! Could 2014 be better?
This year has not been good for President Obama. Dr. James Boys takes a look at Obama's stunning 2013 policy fumbles, which look even worse in light of the promise brought by his re-election barely one year ago. From domestic to foreign policy, it's been something of a nightmare. How could 2014 possibly be worse?
- 27 December 2013
Obama and Cameron on road to Damascus
Ordinary Americans are hugely unsupportive of intervention in Syria. But Obama is politically inoculated; safe from the American electorate and now clearly seeking a political legacy that has thus far eluded him
- 29 August 2013
Obama’s long flight to nowhere
In his first term Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. It is unfortunate that at the start of his second term, he appears unwilling to earn such a prestigious award
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Explaining America's stance on the Falklands
Like Reagan, Obama will do his best to stay out of the situation and remain neutral hoping nothing serious develops. Only when push comes to shove will he break
- 13 March 2013
Obama's licence to kill
Beyond the will of the electorate, is Obama's journey to the dark side complete?
- 8 March 2013
The John and William Show
It promises to be an interesting couple of years ahead and one in which the John and William show looks set to be a central force
- 27 February 2013
How not to solve political differences
Reagan and Clinton both believed that legislation stood a greater chance of succeeding if no one cared who took the credit. The Obama administration should take note
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What a State
Washington was all business last night and Obama was there to talk politics
- 13 February 2013
Obama & the Middle East: ‘Change we can believe in’?
As the White House prepares to announce Obama’s first visit to Israel as U.S. President, Dr. James D. Boys commences a series of articles considering U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East and how it has evolved over the past 4 years.
- 6 February 2013
No more droning on about unmanned aerial aircraft?
How liberals must give thanks for having one of their own in office to show the Bush administration for the travesty it was. Except that's not quite right, is it?
- 31 January 2013
The Inaugural: Obama-licious
We are in the middle of the Age of Obama. What can we learn from the president's second inaugural address?
- 23 January 2013
The lost promise of a second term
With his words and deeds, Obama risks sleepwalking the United States into another era of division and tension
- 16 January 2013
Obama's foreign policy team emerges...eventually
Finally, after two months of waiting, Obama's new foreign policy team has emerged. It may not have been his first-choice lineup, but how will he work with what he's got?
- 9 January 2013
Obama still has a job. How about you, Mr. Speaker?
The deal struck to avert the fiscal cliff is the latest in a series of quick fixes that leaves the US economy in terrible shape, with reputations in tatters and with much left to do
- 2 January 2013
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