Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 2010, kuratidzira kwakawanda kwakaitika muNorth Africa uye kuMiddle East kwainzi Arab Spring, uye kwakazopedzisira kwaita kuti vanhu vakawanda vanyanye kuita mhirizhonga munyika dzakawanda. Obama akabatsira kuronga kupindira kwaitungamirirwa neNATO
muLibya, pakupedzisira zvichiguma nokuwa kwehurumende yaMuammar Gaddafi. Obama akaramba kubatanidzwa zvikuru muhondo yevagari vemuSyria pakati pehurumende yaBashar al-Assad, kurwisana kweSyria, neboka revaSalafi jihadist rinozivikanwa seISIS. United States yakatsigira vanopikisa munguva yose yehondo yevagari vemo uye pane dzimwe nguva yakarwisa ISIL. Muna 2014, pashure pokunge Russia yabatanidza Crimea uye yapindira muUkraine, Obama nevamwe vatungamiriri vokuMadokero vakaisa zvirango zvakawedzera dambudziko remari reRussia. Russia yakazopindira muhondo yevagari vemuSyria uye yakapomerwa mhosva yekupindira musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika yeU.S. ya2016, ichiwana mhosva kubva kuhurumende yaObama.