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The author presents his thoughts concerning the policies of U.S. president Barack Obama toward the Middle East. It discusses Obama's national security interests, particularly his thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, extricating the U.S. from the Iraq War, and nuclear weapons program diplomacy with Iran, particularly the international accord with Iran agreed to in 2015. It also discusses Obama's reaction to the movement known as the Arab Spring, the limited use of U.S. military personnel in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and the U.S. response to the Islamic militant organization Islamic State. The article analyzes Obama's reaction to civil war in Syria, his policy toward the militant group al Qaeda, and jihadism.

The editor of the journal presents his thoughts concerning the success of U.S. foreign policy during the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama. It examines what the author terms Obama's appreciation for the liberal international order nurtured by the U.S., Obama's determination to reverse the foreign policy approach by the administration of former U.S. president George W. Bush, and Obama's role in the nuclear weapons accord signed with Iran in 2015. It also discusses Obama's policies concerning Russia's conflict with Ukraine, the Middle East, and Asia, in addition to Obama's record concerning U.S. national security, the role of the organization the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the rise of the Islamic militant group Islamic State (ISIS).

The article offers the author's insights on the lack of strategic communications between the news media and the U.S. government under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. The author argues on the insulting comments of Ben Rhodes, who was appointed by President Obama as deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, in the role of mass media in politics. The author also discusses the history of American foreign policy, balance of power, and Iran nuclear agreement.

The article reports on the comments of Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, Israel's chief of staff, during the course of a security conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 18, 2016. Eisenkot said there were two "existential threats" to Israel, one was the threat of nonconventional weaponry. He also said that because U.S. president Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal has removed the greatest threat to Israel's existence, Israel faces no existential threats right now.