Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 2010, ka puta mai he raupapa o ngā whakaekenga puta noa i Awherika ki te Raki me te Middle East e mōhiotia ana ko te Arab Spring, ā, i te mutunga ka huri ki ngā momo raruraru kino ake i roto i ētahi whenua. I āwhina a Obama ki te whakarite i tētahi hui i arahina e NATO
te uru atu ki Libya, i te mutunga ka hinga te kawanatanga o Muammar Gaddafi. I whakakahore a Obama ki te uru nui ki te pakanga a-iwi o Hiria i waenga i te kawanatanga o Bashar al-Assad, te whakahee a Hiria, me te roopu jihadist Salafi e mohiotia ana ko ISIS. I tautokohia e te US te whakahee i roto i te pakanga a-iwi, a, i etahi wa ka whakaekehia nga whakaeke ki a ISIL. I te tau 2014, i muri i te whakaekenga o Crimea e Ruhia, me te uru atu ki Ukraine, ka whakatauhia e Obama me etahi atu kaiarahi o te Hauauru nga whiu i uru ki te raru o te putea a Ruhia. I muri mai ka uru atu a Russia ki te Pakanga a-Iwi o Hiria, a, i whakapaehia mo te whakauru ki te pooti perehitini o te US 2016, i whakawakia e te kawanatanga o Obama.