A year has passed since the U.S. president Barack Obama has promised a new approach to foreign politics, proposing to engage in dialogue with adversaries such as Iran, and now he requires answers to a series of political initiatives, reports Reuters.

His message about the rejection of "cowboy diplomacy", applied at the term of George W. Bush, was loud and clear. However, experts believe that this year gestures will be less dramatic. It is unclear whether the American leader to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, to make progress in relations with North Korea, and to defuse the situation in relations with China, the largest creditor of the United States. All these issues are unavoidable; but at the time Barack Obama seeks to turn off the war in Iraq, while blowing the conflict in Afghanistan out of proportion.

"Great expectations were turned into discouraging difficulties," - said the former advisor of President Bill Clinton, James Lindsay. According to him, the first year of the administration of Barack Obama in a significant extent "has been one of the words, or, more precisely, the year of speeches." "The president has made such a sharpest turn, as far as he could, talking about their aspirations, and now it's time to move from words to deeds", - emphasizes the politician.

National policies may limit the ability of Barack Obama to maneuver on the waves of foreign policy. Public discontent with high unemployment and reform of the health care system may omit the rating of the current president to below 50% compared with 70%, with that he took office last year. Analysts believe that’s because of the loss of popularity, Barack Obama will have fewer opportunities to take on foreign policy risks.

Implying that his administration is still willing to talk with Iran, Barack Obama at the same time began to think about new measures against the Islamic Republic. It is expected that the new UN Security Council resolution will appear in a few weeks. White House officials, in turn, point out that Barack Obama has never had any illusions about Iran, but his offer of talks was correct, because it has helped to isolate the hard-line Iran leaders from the international community.

Some analysts also expect that this year the head of the American state would focus more on getting conclusive results than on developing new initiatives. Representative of the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael O'Hanlon expects a pragmatic approach to issues such as Iran. "This approach means that you need to study the issue, find ways to resolve it, find an opportunity and do not wait for something supernatural," - said Michael O'Hanlon.