Doctrine. You heard the president wrap it up neatly saying that the history is littered with false prophets and dictators who have failed trying to emphasize things that president obama has emphasizeed and has been criticized for nationally and internationally for almost the seven years of his presidency. Talking about the need of instituting democracy around the world. The deal with iran, the deal with cuba after 54 years of acrimony and mutual suspicion across the states. Ukraine, part of the Obama Doctrine. Democracy is essential before force is moved. Talking about sanctions against russia after the annexing of crimea and they are ongoing but president obama perhaps looking at the brightest possible interpretation talking about the crippling effect that those sanctions have had on russian individuals and the russian economy and again talking about the south china sea, something that is very volatile as china asserts its independence and asserts what it regards as autonomy by Building Military bases on the spratley islands something dispute talking about democracicy there and admitting the failures of its policy. To hear him mention libya the fact that they left a vacuum there, obvious to everyone, and didnt follow up after the military coalition ousted muammar qaddafi and then bringing it back to syria at the forefront of this annual meeting of World Leaders. And talking about Vladimir Putin moving in with material, money and military equipment to back the assad regime. Yet the president said hes willing to work with russia and iran to try to bring a resolution on syria, something that he himself termed in this speech a catastrophe and his deliberate approach with his emphasis on diplomacy that has earned himself criticism around the world. And at home, mike, it seemed that he was speak together american audience although this is going out to an International Audience. Did it seem that way to you as well . I thought the president in an impassioned speech, and the frustration shining through president obama, i dont think there is any question about it. We have heard it from him before. I remember in the philippines last year when he had a joint press conference with president aquino there dismissing out of hand rather angerly as we see the president s motorcade preparing to depart, but angrily dismissing critics like john mccain, those in the United States senate as people who look towards force first and the president using the term many times in his speech, three times that i count might does not equal right. This is something that frustrates the president angers the president , and you saw that shining through the frustration that he has with the critics who thinks he needs to act in a more forthright and militaristic way. We cant solve the worlds problems alone. We cannot impose stability on another land, continuing to make the case for diplomacy and continuing to make the case that regardless of whether or not the United States has the most powerful military in the world that does not necessarily solve everything, the point that the president was trying to make. Absolutely. This is a recurring theme of president obama, and richelle, before this speech began we were talking about the elusive Obama Doctrine, i dont think its that elusive any more, and i thought you saw the president fairly well outline his principles, and the way he wants to approach these problems, diplomacy first and force only as a last resort. Ill say only one other thing about this speech. We mentioned the fact next year at this time at the annual meeting of the United Nations next were will only be twoless than two months away from the president ial election. The focus will be elsewhere as major problems with only two or three candidates running for president. This was really the president s last opportunity to put forward his agenda before the World Community at this venue where he has the attention of the world and i thought the president was mindful of that. I thought that was very evident. Mike viqueira, stay close and as one of our analysts told us a moment ago that everyone seems to leave after the president has spoken. Thats actually what youre seeing but thiswhere is he in this crowdback there you can see, if you keep looking close it does not mean that the session is over. It is not. The president of poland, is speaking right now and then next youll be hearing from president shy shy bring from china. Well be carrying that live. Well geta quick break. Well talk more about president obamas speech and the other World Leaders that well be hearing from as well. Keep it here on al jazeera america. Welcome back. That crowd that youre seeing is around russian president Vladimir Putin. He is just now arriving at the unga. Hell be speaking shortly. Probably two or three speakers away well be carrying that live as soon as it happens. President barack obama just wrapped up a 45 minute speech. Well break that down again. And actually the president of poland is speaking right now. After him is the president of china. Thats the president of poland right now. Well break down president obamas 45minute speech. They get 15 minutes, as we said, they rarely do stick to the 15 minutes. Associate dean at professor of International Affairs at the ashe joins us now. Well have our other guests who have been joining us this morning. A former british diplomat. I want to ask both of you ill start with you nina, just your overall impression of president obamas speech, and then well get down to specific topics. Well, i think you mentioned it is a speech that covered it all. There is a laundry list of all the things america thinks it should represent for its own population and also to tell the world what it stands for. I thought the speech was way too long and way to boring. You were not inspired. I was not inspired at all. Its basically it always felt like barack obama always had to fit markers that were leaving the world we want to be part of the world we want to be part of the coalition. Here are the problems ukraine iran cuba, and whatnot so that all the right propaganda words were being used. But i thought it was a bad propaganda speech because it was not inspiring. It didnt say anything that we did not know. We didnt hear before. And as you mentioned i think it was already mentioned and you quoted as to say this was for the demost sick audience not international. But neither the domestic or International Audience learned anything from that speech except one fact that we know the United States wants to say to Vladimir Putin, who were going to hear from later, we are still very critical of you. However, we want to work with you. Were very supporting of our policy in cuba. We think the iran deal was a good deal. All the things that we knew, basically the United States stands by, but in terms of new policies, in terms of new information, it was really laundry list that we could have read, we didnt have to listen to for 45 minutes. Were going to come back to putt no one just a moment. But first i want your thoughts as well. Was it that it was too long . Was it that he didnt drill down enough . What is your feedback on it . Im with nina. It was a pretty feeble effort. I write a lot of these things, and this was a pretty stock lecture on the virtues of democracy and diplomacy over a High School Graduation level. I e congress. Did you want more specifics . Well, what i would like is new ideas about how to solve the problems with the world. Like how about Something Like a global cap and trade system for climate, a world summit to agree to burden sharing on refugees. Hes a second term president that means his hands are less tied than normal, rather than a lecture on the world. I thought it was feeble. A couple of buzz words that he used so imager were against embargo, these are things that are correctly said. Civic society 101. And it really shouldnt be the speech of the United Nations especially for the 70th anniversary. The United Nations has been around for a long time. The United States has been around, and weve heard it before. Its not even the depth that is really decide what it is that youre saying instead of giving a stock and barrel lecture. Not a word on the reform of the u. N. Just that its a Great Institution and we should a abide by laws and norms. Not a word about it. I have some questions i do want to ask you looking forward to Vladimir Putin. Were going to get in one other quick break. Do keep it here on al jazeera america. We have several more speakers coming up, the 70th session, in fact well stay with that. Keep it here. Welcome back. You are watching live pictures of the United NationsUnited NationsGeneral Assembly. That is the president of poland. Up next will. Xi jinping the president of china, well be carrying that shortly. Just before, president poland, barack obama the president of the United States wrapped up a 45minute speech. That is what were discussing right now. Our guests are giving their thoughts on Barack Obamas speech and will be looking ahead to Vladimir Putin who will be up shortly as well. Nina, i was going to ask you lookinglet me summarize that you both were uninspired by Barack Obamas speech. He covered a lot of topics that could be described as a laundry list looking forward to Vladimir Putin speaking this afternoon. Herather this morning. He has not been to the u. N. In ten years. There is a lot of things, a lot of reasons that people are paying attention to russia right now, not the least of which is russias involvement in syria right now. What do you expect to hear . What would you like to hear from Vladimir Putin this morning . I think we make too much to the fact that he has not been around for ten years. Because he was not a president for some while. He was the Prime Minister and it was all checkers moving checkers. Still from 2008 to 2012 he was the Prime Minister and so there was a president who was visiting the United Nations. So thats one thing. So he was not in the last few years he wasnt here because of the crisis in ukraine because he had misunderstoodings on whether Bashar Alassad should stay in power in syria or not with the United States. But here this month it is the head of the Security Council so putin feels he has to come. But hes also coming as a winner in some ways. How so . A year ago i think barack obama said that putin or russia is just a Regional Power who wants to have more leverage, and putin has proven in the last year and a half that hes more than a Regional Power. Maybe he is a Regional Power in terms of the economy or in terms of not enough military with russia working very hard to have it more, but there is a lot of countries that actually communicate with putin. There was story earlier on al jazeera you reported on that iranthat iran is going to shareiraq is going to share Syrian Intelligence with russia and iraq and whatnot. So putin is not an isolated person. He is the way he sees it, hes the leader of those who may be opposing the United States or doesnt believe that the United States is leading. I think he still would be somewhat conciliatory, but notit would be friendly enough but only to a point. Barack obama was friendly, and putin will respond i think hell respond to the ukrainian criticism to say you say that the ukrainians want to be independent, but its the United States that we believe is or the west is behind in manipulating the situation. In fact, we do have a little bit of comments that president obama made about ukraine. Lets go ahead and listen to that right now. Consider russias annexation of crimea and further aggression in the ukraine. America has few economic interests in ukraine. We recognize the deep and complex history between russia and ukraine. But we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity is flagrantly violated. If that happens without consequence in ukraine it could happen to any nation gathered today. Putin rather, the world focus on syria right now than ukraine . Absolutely. It would be rather focusing on syrian and putt someone coming with i dont know what hes going to say, but the word is hes going to come with a big proposal that there would be World Coalition against terrorism and he would even say i told you so because after 9 11 after 2001, i was offering this kind of coalition but it was only coalition of the willing, those who wereit was possible to be a gist of his speech. But its interesting that barack obama started with ukraine and got to syria much later. His first russia and then powers later on. I think in many ways it was very much russiaputin speech. Barack obama showed that hes going to stand up to putin whether putin will accept that, he hasnt so far. He does not think barack obama is standing up to him because hes too much of a coverage of everything. Putin will probably be friendlyish but not conciliatory. Hell stand his ground. In fact putin has been very clear that he thinks that the assad regime should be propped up because he said that is what is best for the stability of syria. But in this speech one place that abraham really did drill down on was calling Bashar Alassad a tyrant, made it clear that he was a dictator and that he was bad for syria. There is no Common Ground on there, is there . On the face of it sounds like zero sum. The russians want him to stay and the americans want him to go. And hes right the war will not stop until assad goes. But the question is how long should assad stay . Hour into the transition that everyone is in agreement with that. Everyone wants the war to end. But how far into the transition does assad stay until he steps down and some Transitional Government takes over. There is Common Ground between what is seemingly oppose positions. Well reset the scene. What is happening here the president of poland, im drawing tension to time right it seems that highways gone over his 15minute time limit in the meantime were going to go out to the u. N. Right now where our john terrett is out there as well. As soon as the president of poland is done speaking were going to be listening to the president of china as well. So john what is happening out there right now . Were still assessing the president obama speech. I dont think it was boring or the worst speech weve heard from a worst speech. You made our analysts chuckle. Well people are saying it here as well. [ laughing ] i think it was more what you heard was the Obama Doctrine in many ways. This cooperation this working together. We are prepared to work with anybody, russia and he listed all those countries where diplomacy has been a success cuba iran, and many more as well. I think perhaps it wasnt the most exciting speech weve ever heard here at the General Assembly, but it was pure barack obama, of that there is no doubt. Now we move on because coming up next we have a whole lineup of global word leaders who are heavy hitters in their own right. The president of poland is finishing off his speech. I think he has gone over his allotted time slot as leaders tend to do. Next up will be president xi jinping of change. President xi is coming here from the white house on friday when he had a very lavish dinner with president barack obama at the end of which they agreed a deal to try to arrest the issue of cyber theft in the world. The other issue that president xi jinping is going to have to address a little bit is the issue of chinas economy pickerly given the global collapse in share prices weve seen last month and on several occasions since. Now it is interesting that the chinese stock market is a little bit of a casino. Theyre all casinos in their own way, but i think cha the chinese stock market is more of a casino than the others in the world and it is propped up by and large by the Central Government in beijing. So when it makes violent moves in a way its not really quite the same as it would be if you got such a swing on the dow jones and nasdaq. However, china is a major Global Player and major andin the major Global Economy. And chinas economy is not growing at the same rate. John, as you were speaking the president of china xi jinping was escorted to the big chair shah they fit everybody in when theyre waiting for the podium. Now hes walking to the podium. Lets hear what he has to say. Mr. President dear colleagues 70 years ago the earlier generation fought heroically and secured the history of the world in an antifascist war. That victory was hard won. 70 years ago the generation with vision and foresight established the United Nations.