Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”

Sixth seminar organised by IFRI and the French-American Foundation.

One year ago, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States. Today, he is striving to deliver health care reform, climate change and financial regulation legislation while dealing with two wars in the midst of one of the largest crises that the world has ever known. Is this the beginning of the decline and erosion to the U.S. position as a world superpower?

With Earl H. Fry, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, Member of the Paris and New York Bars; Pierre Rousselin, Vice-Director, Editorial Department for International Affairs. Chaired by: Michel Garcin, President of the Directoire, French-American Foundation - France