Brussels, 08/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - For the former French minister of foreign affairs, Alain Juppé (February 2011 - May 2012), the results of American President Barack Obama on foreign policy during his first mandate are not “great”. “Obama has not achieved great results on foreign policy”', Juppé said on BFM TV/RMC on 7 November, adding that Obama's international agenda is “very important” and “fundamental for us”. “The Middle East conflict is totally blocked. He hasn't managed to move (Israeli prime minister) Netanyahu. On proliferation, both on the Iranian side and on the North Korean side, it is status quo today”, he said. He continued that the withdrawal from Iraq took place and “the country is profoundly destabilised”. “The exit from Afghanistan is going to be extremely difficult. Relations with Pakistan have deteriorated (…) and with Russia he has not managed to create a real feeling of confidence”, he concluded. For his part, the director of research at Brookings Institution in Washington, Justin Vaïsse, said on the internet site Rue 89 that Obama will, during his second mandate, have “freer hands” on foreign policy because he no longer has the electoral stakes, but that does not mean that he will have “more international power” (our translation throughout). (CG/transl.fl)