In a new book, Confront and Conceal, David Sanger describes what he calls an “Obama Doctrine” (though he faults the president for not communicating it more clearly): a lighter military footprint, combined with a willingness to use force unilaterally when American security interests are directly involved; reliance on coalitions to deal with global problems that do not directly threaten US security; and “a rebalancing away from the Middle East quagmires toward the continent of greatest promise in the future – Asia.”
在新书《直面和隐藏》（Confront and Conceal）中，大卫·桑格（David Sanger）描述了他所谓的“奥巴马主义”（Obama Doctrine，尽管他攻讦奥巴马没能进行更清楚的沟通）：更少的军事干涉，辅以在牵涉到美国直接利益的问题上不惜单方面动用武力的决心；依靠盟友应对不对美国安全构成直接威胁的全球问题；以及“走出中东沼泽，转向最大的憧憬和未来大陆——亚洲，从而实现外交政策再平衡。”