Donroe Doctrine: Hemisphere‑First Realpolitik

Updated: 2026.01.07 21D ago 1 sources
A political strategy combining a declaratory National Security Strategy that prioritizes resilience and national interest with rapid, targeted kinetic actions in the Americas (e.g., the Venezuela raid) to reassert U.S. preeminence in its hemisphere. It jettisons prior technocratic, rules‑based multilateralism in favor of flexible realism: build economic and industrial resilience at home while using selective coercion and new regional networks abroad. — If sustained, this replaces decades of U.S. foreign‑policy assumptions and will reshape alliances, intervention norms, industrial policy, and domestic politics—forcing new debates on authorization, long‑term cost and strategic legitimacy.

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Fred Bauer: The 'Donroe Doctrine' in Action
Fred Bauer 2026.01.07 100% relevant
Article cites the Trump 2025 National Security Strategy language and the Venezuelan operation as concrete enactments of a hemisphere‑first, resilience‑oriented doctrine.
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