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Item THE EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL, DOMESTIC, AND INTERNATIONAL FACTORS DETERMINING US FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST DURING OBAMA PERIOD(2022-02-21) ALKAÇAR, ÖMER; Orhan, Duygu DersanThis thesis focuses on the role of personal characteristics of the US presidents in determination of the US foreign policy toward the Middle East. In order to find out if the personal characteristics play a decisive role in foreign policy making, Barrack Obama period and his policies were selected for the discussion. The level of analysis was used as the basic analysis method of the thesis. Foreign Policy of President Obama towards the Middle East was examined within the framework of individual level analysis, state level analysis and structural level analysis. It was found that although the state and structural level elements were effective in determining Obama’s foreign policy, the individual characteristics as revealed in his soft power approach has been the dominant factor in his foreign policy formation and mostly responsible for his successful attempts and his limitations in his Middle East policies which supports the argument that the individual policies play decisive role in US Middle East policies.