US President Barack Obama has outlined a new foreign policy strategy in an address at West Point military academy in New York state. <br /><br />He said he would look for alternatives to what he described as “military adventures”.<br /><br />As part of his plans, a 3.6 billion euro fund would be made available to fight terrorism. <br /><br />“These resources will give us flexibility to fulfil different missions, including training security forces in Yemen who have gone on the offensive against al Qaeda; supporting a multinational force to keep the peace in Somalia; working with European allies to train a functioning security force and border patrol in Libya; and facilitating French operations in Mali,” explained Obama.<br /><br />The US president also defended his preference for an international consensus to deal with a crisis and made reference to the conflict in Ukraine. <br /><br />Obama said: “In Ukraine, Russia’s recent actions recall the days when Soviet tanks rolled into Eastern Europe. But this isn’t the Cold War. (...) This weekend, Ukrainians voted by the millions; yesterday, I spoke to their next President. We don’t know how the situation will play out, and there will be grave challenges ahead.”<br /><br />During his address, the US president suggested that he would be reluctant to use military force unless there was a direct threat on the United States.
