Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine stated that countries residing in the eastern hemisphere were not allowed to interfere with the New World. This doctrine was put into place in 1823, in efforts of discouraging the Old World from any intervention in the New World. Under president James Monroe, the United States sought to protect all of America, not just North America. The U.S. claimed that they'd protect Latin America from any oppression and aid it in means of seeing them successfully secede from the Old World and integrate themselves to the New World. The doctrine also declared that the United States would not make any intervention in Europe. This declaration introduced a new sense of foreign policy, where the US decided to isolate itself alongside the south and central American countries. This unprecedented form of foreign policy influenced many other Presidents to advocate for the same thing; Isolationism. The Monroe Doctrine had an impact on where the U.S. stood as an advent. This doctrine predominantly sought to free and support the new Latin, independent colonies from the Old World, in an attempt to deviate from any notion of war; so that American influence would go uninterrupted and flourish and exercise its democratic beliefs. Overall, The Monroe Doctrine sought to assert its power in separating the two spheres of influence.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine
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Does the Monroe Doctrine still affect how the US deals with Latin and South America today? Is it more cooperative, like with trade agreements, or is America generally less focused on the Western Hemisphere?
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting and important, too, to realize that because the U.S. lacked any formidable army and navy at the time, their doctrine was largely discounted in the international community. However, countries such as Britain seemed to comply by the doctrine for reasons of trade. In addition, Latin American countries were generally a bit wary of being used for mere diplomatic reasons. In what instances was the Monroe Doctrine invoked afterwards? Did it have a large impact on diplomacy?
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Obviously the adoption of the Monroe Doctrine changed policy at the time when it was enacted, but to what extent has it shaped foreign policy over time? I think that enacting this ambitious policy may have led the US to spend more on intervention policies in Latin America. I think it is interesting to compare the Monroe Doctrine to the Truman Doctrine because they are fairly alike in objective and represent the growing influence of the US in the world's politics.
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