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Obama’s Retrenchment–Protraction Doctrine: The Decline of the Middle East and the Rise of Asia and the Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2017

Chris J. Dolan
Chris J. Dolan*
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Lebanon Valley College
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Symposium: President Obama’s Legacy and Record
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 54 - 58
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