May 2010 Barack Obama declares the 'War on Terror' is over The US president has instead replaced it with a softer approach stressing "new partnerships" and multilateral diplomacy. "Our long-term security will not come from our ability to instill fear in other peoples but through our capacity to speak to their hopes," Mr Obama said in a message introducing a new national security strategy. "We will always seek to delegitimise the use of terrorism, yet this is not a global war against terrorism" May