Topic summary
European foreign policy of the Obama administration
Personal
Illinois State Senator and U.S. Senator from Illinois
44th President of the United States
Tenure
- First 100 days
- Recovery Act
- Trips
- Russia nuclear treaty
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Affordable Care Act
- Dodd–Frank
- Iraq withdrawal
- Killing of Osama bin Laden
- 2011 debt-ceiling crisis
- Libya intervention
- Afghanistan withdrawal
- Benghazi attack
- 2013 debt-ceiling crisis
- Anti-ISIL campaign
- Tan suit controversy
- Iran nuclear deal
- Cuban thaw
- Sanctions against Russia
- Selma 50th anniversary speech
- Paris Agreement
For purposes of U.S. foreign policy, Europe consists of the European Union and non-EU states in Europe.
President Barack Obama plans to increase American troops in Europe to their highest levels since 2003, and station more special operations aircraft and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System ships there to provide quick access to Africa and the Middle East.