The Monroe Doctrine was and is a justification for actions, some good, some indifferent, but the overwhelming bulk reprehensible. The Monroe Doctrine remains in place, both explicitly and dressed up ...

Musty old documents can shape and shatter worlds. Among the most potent is the Monroe Doctrine, which was proclaimed 200 years ago this month. For many people in the United States, it conjures only ...

Thomas P.M. Barnett is senior business strategist at Throughline Inc. and the author of America’s New Map. Find his daily newsletter at thomaspmbarnett.substack.com. After two world wars nearly ...

Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America. Before Donald Trump’s first 10 days back in the ...

The Monroe Doctrine, a muscular defense of national interests reflecting the burgeoning strength of the young United States, was espoused by President James Monroe on this day in history, Dec. 2, 1823 ...

This weekend, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González gives the opening plenary at American University’s one-day conference, “Burying 200 Years of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine,” marking 200 years since the ...

IN the Atlantic Monthly for June, 1913, Professor Hiram Bingham discusses the celebrated Monroe Doctrine as ‘An Obsolete Shibboleth.’ Listening to him one would suppose it an elaborate and sterile ...

' The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by European powers. . . .

Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speak during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel on Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. Not much unites the ...

Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America. Then-candidate Donald Trump walks along the ...