Obama’s choice toward the major U.S. foreign policy issues from the Middle East to Pakistan’s unstable situation, Russia’s influence in the Central Asia, and even North Korea’s nuclear program does not seem different than the Bush Administration’s path. And it seems to be a fact, and this is what Condi Rice has told FT recently: 

“The reason why there might be some elements of continuity is that what we’ve tried to do is to arrange or organise international groupings that can first manage and then resolve these very difficult problems in a multilateral way.” She was referring not just to the administration’s efforts over Iran but also its approach to North Korea and the Israel-Palestinian issue. (Read the rest of the story here.)