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In this article the author discusses the performance of U.S. president Barack Obama, as the one year anniversary of his 2008 election approached in November 2009. The central focus of the article is the author's contention that Obama appears to be continuing some of the policies of his predecessor in office, George W. Bush.

In this article the author comments on Barack Obama, the president of the United States, and his efforts to improve relations with Islam and with Muslim nations. Among other issues the author notes that Muslims prefer Obama to his predecessor in office, George W. Bush, but states that opinion of the U.S. held by adherents of Islam remains low.

The article focuses on how the administration under the U.S. president Donald Trump had only followed its predecessor Barack Obama. It discusses how Obama had deported a huge number of immigrants and yet he was not criticized for it, while Trump was criticized for the Muslin ban. It also talks about how U.S. senator Tim Kaine had criticized Trump for being unlawful for not taking congressional permission for air strikes in Syria while he had appreciated Obama for his air strikes in Libya.

Presented is an interview with Dalia Mogahed, an adviser to Barack Obama, president of the United States. In the interview Mogahed addresses a number of issues including her position as the first Muslim woman who wears the Islamic head scarf to work in the White House, the degree of prejudice against Islam in the U.S., and her co-authoring of the book "Who Speaks for Islam?"

Presented is an interview with Malalai Joya, an Afghan political figure. In the interview Joya addresses a number of issues including changes in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, her lack of expectations from the conference on the Afghan war scheduled to take place during 2010 in London, England, and her perception of U.S. president Barack Obama.

The article presents an interview with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who answers questions about journalistic responsibility and about U.S. President Barack Obama. Hersh says that the profession should be held to a high standard. The topics include Iraq, the Nobel Peace Prize, and his relations with the Obama administration.

The article looks at the military, national security, and intelligence policies of U.S. President Barack Obama, as of June 2013. The author presents a case for the view that Obama's policies in these areas are a continuation of, and in some respects more extreme than, those of former U.S. President George W. Bush. Topics include mass surveillance, targeted missile strikes using drone aircraft, and executive power.

The author discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's July 31, 2011, decision to agree to $2.4 trillion in budgetary cuts through 2021. The author criticizes Obama for various economic policy decisions during his administration on issues such as tax cuts, not invoking the debt clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and not forcing the hand of the federal courts in the debt ceiling debate. The author argues that such austere actions show that Obama is not governing as a liberal.

This article reports on the role of the U.S. Congress in blocking the peace process in the Middle East. The article discusses the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives under President Barack Obama, describing views on Israel. Information is provided on relations between the U.S. and Israel related to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the occupation of the West Bank, and J Street Jewish lobby group.

In this article the author comments on the Afghan War policy of U.S. president Barack Obama. The author is of the opinion that the Obama's war policy will result in Afghanistan becoming an unwinnable conflict such as the war in Vietnam. Among other issues the article compares Obama's actions to those of president Lyndon Johnson.

The article focuses on U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan in the first half of the year 2010. Information about how many U.S. soldiers were killed in October 2009 and how many British soldiers were killed in 2009 is provided. Also discussed is public support for the war.

A reprint of the article "Liberation, Not a Fictitious Palestinian State," by Hasan Abu Nimah and Ali Abunimah, which appeared in an issue of "The Jordan Times" is presented. It looks at the plan of Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip before the end of 2011. It was stated that many people in the region have expressed hope that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama would put pressure on Israel to ensure the liberation of Palestinians.

A reprint of the article "Liberation, Not a Fictitious Palestinian State," by Hasan Abu Nimah and Ali Abunimah, which appeared in an issue of "The Jordan Times" is presented. It looks at the plan of Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip before the end of 2011. It was stated that many people in the region expressed hope that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama would put pressure on Israel to ensure the liberation of Palestinians.

The article presents a list of fifty persons judged by the magazine to be the most influential and powerful in the world current in September 2009. The first three are, in order, Barack Obama, the president of the United States, and family, the Murdoch family, which controls News Corporation, an international media conglomerate, and Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian peace activist.

The article lists fifty influential people of 2011 including the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, and U.S. President Barack Obama.