Le débat sur la politique étrangère d'Obama : quelle nouvelle «grande stratégie» pour les États-Unis?

Does President Obama's foreign policy rest upon a "grand strategy" or a "doctrine "? That question is examined here in the light of a critical discourse analysis applied to the current US foreign policy debates, especially the one nou- rished by university researchers and think tank-affiliated experts. We argue that there are at least three possible responses varying according to the definitions applied to the concepts of "grand strategy" and "doctrine" : the hegemonic one, the internationalist one and the neoisolationist one. Following the internationalist approach, we then seek to demonstrate the existence of a new grand strategy of "comprehensive engagement". This strategy seems to be based on three fundamental ideas that underpin Obama 's foreign policy : the idea of US " multipartner" leadership, the concept of "smart power" and the "necessary force" doctrine related to the notion of "just war". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]