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The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. [1]
In his 1823 State of the Union message, United States President James Monroe addressed several important domestic and foreign policy matters, but the most notable aspect of this address was the articulation of what became known as the Monroe Doctrine. In this doctrine, Monroe warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas ...
In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic and military hegemony to make the U.S. the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere. The new doctrine was a frank statement that the U.S. was willing to seek leverage over Latin American governments by acting as an international police power in the region. [7]
In the spirit of the original Monroe Doctrine, dialogue with the region over the activities of China, Russia, and Iran must convey a sense of solidarity in shared interests, not a U.S. imposition.
The Monroe Doctrine was well received in the United States and Britain, while Russia, French, and Austrian leaders privately denounced it. [137] The European powers knew that the U.S. had little ability to back up the Monroe Doctrine with force, but the United States was able to "free ride" on the strength of the British Royal Navy. [90]
Collin, Richard H. Theodore Roosevelt's Caribbean: The Panama Canal, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Latin American Context (1990), a defense of TR's policies. online review; Cooper, John Milton (1983), The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt (dual scholarly biography), Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-94751-1.
The Monroe Doctrine was drafted by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams in collaboration with the British, and proclaimed by Monroe in late 1823. He asserted the Americas should be free from additional European colonization and free from European interference in sovereign countries' affairs.
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