Here is a good review of international politics. The world of full of threats to the USA. The Obama team of Clinton and Carter re-treads is remarkably ideologically ill-equipped to deal with the current threats. Basically, they will retreat to a 'Fortress America' position, a strategy that is ill-suited to the current world situation. Here is the review:

http://newledger.com/2009/02/its-not-just-generals-who-fight-the-last-war/