Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 2010, jerin zanga-zangar da aka sani da Arab Spring sun ɓarke a Arewacin Afirka da Gabas ta Tsakiya, kuma daga baya suka zama tarzoma a ƙasashe da yawa. Obama ya taimaka wajen shirya taron NATO
shiga tsakani a Libya, wanda a karshe ya haifar da faduwar mulkin Muammar Gaddafi. Obama ya ki shiga cikin yakin basasar Siriya tsakanin gwamnatin Bashar al-Assad, 'yan adawar Siriya, da kungiyar Salafi jihadi da aka sani da ISIS. Amurka ta goyi bayan 'yan adawa a duk lokacin yakin basasa kuma lokaci-lokaci ta kai hare-hare kan ISIL. A 2014, bayan da Rasha ta mamaye Crimea kuma ta shiga tsakani a Ukraine, Obama da sauran shugabannin kasashen yamma sun sanya takunkumi wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga rikicin kudi na Rasha. Daga baya Rasha ta shiga cikin yakin basasar Siriya kuma an zarge ta da tsoma baki a zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka na 2016, inda gwamnatin Obama ta yi Allah wadai da ita.