%0 Journal Article
%T As elei  es intercalares e a pol¨ªtica externa da Administra  o Obama Midterm Elections and Obama's foreign policy
%A Jos¨¦ Gomes Andr¨¦
%J Rela£¿£¿es Internacionais (R:I)
%D 2012
%I Universidade Nova de Lisboa
%X Este artigo analisa o potencial impacto que as elei  es intercalares de 2010 - as quais geraram uma nova maioria republicana na Camara dos Representantes e um Senado partidariamente mais equilibrado - produziu na pol¨ªtica externa da Administra  o Obama. S o considerados os temas em que houve uma mudan a significativa (quer por via de um bloqueio a prioridades pol¨ªticas da Presid¨ºncia, quer atrav¨¦s de um refor ado apoio aos planos da Administra  o), bem como as ¨¢reas que permaneceram essencialmente inalteradas (e as raz es para tal continuidade). Numa sec  o final reflectimos sobre o car¨¢cter ainda provis¨®rio de alguns aspectos da nossa pr¨®pria avalia  o. This paper examines the potential impact that midterm elections of 2010 - which generated a new Republican majority in the House of Representatives and a more balanced Senate - have made in the Obama administration¡¯s foreign policy. We analyze the themes in which a significant change has occurred (whether by means of a blockage to political priorities of the Presidency, whether through a reinforced support to the administration¡¯s plans), as well as the areas which have remained essentially unaltered (and the reasons for such continuity). In a final section we reflect upon the provisional character of some aspects of our own evaluation.
%K eua
%K Administra  o Obama
%K pol¨ªtica externa
%K elei  es intercalares
%K EUA
%K Obama administration
%K foreign policy
%K midterm elections
%U http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-91992012000200005