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The World Next Week: Do We Have an Obama Doctrine?

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President Barack Obama steps off Marine One to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on March 29, 2011.
President Barack Obama steps off Marine One to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on March 29, 2011. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters)

The World Next Week Podcast is up.  Bob McMahon and I talked about the Obama administration’s varied responses to revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa; Nigeria’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections; the potential for a government shutdown; and our predictions for the upcoming Major League Baseball season.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/podcast/2011/20110331_TWN…]

The highlights:

Bob and I aren’t the only commentators discussing these issues. The Economist weighs in on the question of the Obama doctrine, and Foreign Policy.com’s “Passport” blog looks at inconsistencies in the supposed doctrine. Bloomberg covers internal disputes in the Republican party regarding the federal budget while The New York Times’ “The Caucus” is on “shutdown watch.” CNN covers the pre-election violence Nigeria is seeing, and Africa Review discusses the role of youth and social media in the upcoming election. MLB.com and ESPN.com can tell you everything you need to know about Opening Day.