January 01, 2015

It Was A Rough Road For U.S. Foreign Policy In 2014

Featuring: Richard Fontaine

Source: Radio Free Europe

Journalist: Carl Schreck

When Islamic State (IS) militants seized the Iraqi city of Fallujah in January, U.S. President Barack Obama likened the current crop of jihadists to a "JV team," compared to Al-Qaeda. 

Six months later, IS jihadists overran Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, which they still control. Three months after that, Obama vowed to vanquish “these terrorists [who] are unique in their brutality” and warned that they could pose a threat to the United States “if left unchecked.”

Read the full article at Radio Free Europe.

Author

  • Richard Fontaine

    Chief Executive Officer

    Richard Fontaine is the Chief Executive Officer of CNAS. He served as President of CNAS from 2012–19 and as Senior Fellow from 2009–12. Prior to CNAS, he was foreign policy ad...