I'm not sure if this piece deserves a 2.5, but I can't come up with a higher rating. There's no sourcing, and no new information really. I gave a four for information because of the military analysis, but overall this piece is way too long, and reads like a college essay.

A very well researched an written piece. Saying what Obama is pretty much doing, the author puts together an agenda that go's around the world and puts someone to put the fire out if it erupts in a particular area. If Obama can keep the peace in these different departments, he'll be doing something nobody's been able to do in recent memory.

A well written article that makes the case that the Obama administration will tackle foreign policy through a greater emphasis on diplomacy, collaboration, and attention to more foreign powers, while leaning on the military less. It loses points for the lack of sourcing (this is really more of an opinion piece than a news report), but it is informative in what the article projects.