The Monroe Doctrine seeks to exclude outside powers from the Western Hemisphere. It is key to protecting the U.S. and our ...

In this reimagined doctrine, the West is no longer a community of shared values, but a zone of expected compliance under American leadership.

This became known as the Monroe Doctrine. Legacy: The Monroe Doctrine is James Monroe’s great legacy. It still informs U. S. foreign policy in the Americas today.

The emerging pattern reveals something deeper: a revival and global extension of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine. First declared in 1823 by President James Monroe, the Monroe Doctrine sought to ...