Barack Obama's foreign policy does not earn him many plaudits these days. Political opponents charge he is soft on America's adversaries and inattentive of its friends. Critics on his own side of the aisle mutter about the absence of a grand strategy for the deployment of American power. Old allies grumble about soaring hopes disappointed.
The funny thing is that Mr Obama’s administration has a more coherent theory of the world than any of its recent predecessors. Behind the scenes, there are signs it is being executed with some diligence. The risk is of it being lost to the political din at home and the array of intractable problems abroad.
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