Shattered Expectations By Fawaz A. Gerges

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One year after Obama’s speech in Cairo, a global survey shows a steep decline in US approval ratings in Muslim countries. An increasing number of Arabs and Muslims say that the young president talks the talk, but does not walk the walk, and that his policies are an extension of his neoconservative predecessor—a sweetened poison.

A new global survey by the Pew Research Center affiliated with Harvard University shows that President Barack Obama continues to be popular and to improve America’s standing in much of the world. The notable exception is Muslim countries—where he is less favorably viewed than he was a year ago.

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