For the new president though a prosperous economy and a more dynamic foreign policy are the two sides of the same coin. An enhanced economic capacity can secure that the American foreign policy would remain active end efficient. Towards this direction the American president was also aiming to make the hegemonic position of his country sustainable with a smaller cost. In order to achieve this, Obama tried to limit his country’s strategic overextension by ending the unpopular and costly wars of his predecessor in Iraq and
