The Collapse of Obama’s Diplomacy

[TBF]

11. Slate is a cultural magazine -

this is just the French version. It is not typically a hawkish magazine unless I've missed something.

This summary leads me to believe they are critiquing Obama vs. previous administrations. Definitely critical in the area of foreign policy and terror - and I am wondering if they are simply seeing him not as strong in negotiating as a Bill Clinton for example:

"It is also true that the Obama administration has taken an opposite course to the mistakes and the adventures of George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan, while continuing with the same contestable methods regarding the war on terror. But by changing doctrines, Barack Obama has in passing given up the role that has belonged to the United States in world affairs for 70 years. The extent of the consequences is yet to be seen, even if they are already felt from Kiev to the China Seas."