Thursday 6 November 2008

The Obama presidency and hope for a more peaceful world.

Barack Obama will on January 20 2009, start a 4 year term as the 44th President of the United States of America.

His ascension to the presidency has been achieved on the back of a rational and emotionally mature approach to issues- including those of foreign policy.

He has promised to dialogue with America's adversaries if that is what it takes to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable solution to crises..

Obama's thoughtfulness as well as his steady approach to foreign policy issues may yet serve as the soothing balm that an increasingly fractious world needs..

The man who would be the most powerful person in the world may yet, by sheer dint of personality and temperament, steer our collective discourse more towards a quest for peace than a readiness for conflict.