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Tesis ini membahas mengenai politik luar negeri Amerika Serikat di Timur Tengah pada masa pemerintahan Barack Obama tahun 2009-2014. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan mengambil studi terhadap penarikan pasukan Amerika Serikat dari Afghanistan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa politik luar negeri Amerika Serikat di Timur Tengah pada masa pemerintahan Barack Obama mengalami perubahan pendekatan dari hard power ke smart power. Tesis ini menemukan bahwa ada empat faktor yang membuat Amerika Serikat akan menarik pasukannya dari Afghanistan, yaitu : kematian Osama Bin Laden, tuntutan politik dalam negeri, kondisi ekonomi dalam negeri, dan konstelasi internasional.

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This thesis discusses about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the Barack Obama administration years 2009-2014. This study is a qualitative research by taking study of the withdrawal U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The results of this study indicate that U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the reign of Barack Obama is change from the hard power approach to the smart power approach. This thesis found that there are four factors that make the U.S. will withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, namely : the death of Osama Bin Laden, the demands of domestic politics, economic conditions in the country, and the international constellation.;This thesis discusses about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the Barack Obama administration years 2009-2014. This study is a qualitative research by taking study of the withdrawal U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The results of this study indicate that U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the reign of Barack Obama is change from the hard power approach to the smart power approach. This thesis found that there are four factors that make the U.S. will withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, namely : the death of Osama Bin Laden, the demands of domestic politics, economic conditions in the country, and the international constellation., This thesis discusses about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the Barack Obama administration years 2009-2014. This study is a qualitative research by taking study of the withdrawal U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The results of this study indicate that U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the reign of Barack Obama is change from the hard power approach to the smart power approach. This thesis found that there are four factors that make the U.S. will withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, namely : the death of Osama Bin Laden, the demands of domestic politics, economic conditions in the country, and the international constellation.]