Berkley Center

In this Op-Ed published in Foreign Policy Journal, Eric Patterson argues that US foreign policy is inconsistent and lacks strategic focus toward democracy in the Arab world. Patterson points to President Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo as a potential turning point for US foreign policy that has not delivered meaningful results. Instead, Patterson argues that the US was unprepared for the Arab Spring and was slow to develop a clear policy toward that event and US intervention in Libya.