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The article discusses perceived problems with US President Barack Obama's foreign policy, claiming that the problem is not inaction, but weakness. Topics discussed include the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, his muted response to Iran's crackdown on Green Movement protests in 2009 and response to the Syrian civil war. The author argues that President Obama's policies arise out of pragmatism pointing to the Paris climate change agreement and Iran nuclear deal as accomplishments.

The article informs that the latest political drama in the U.S. involve whether the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama manipulated the truth about the Iran nuclear negotiations in order to sell the resulting deal to the U.S. Congress and the American public. It is noted that controversy was kicked off by a recent New York Times Magazine profile of Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, promoting the Iran nuclear agreement.

The article discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's foreign policy in the year 2015. It is said that Obama's highpoint in foreign policy was the multilateral deal with Iran to limit and ensure transparent oversight of its nuclear fuel enrichment program. The year also saw the reopening of relations with Cuba. The negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership was also successfully completed.