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Before we discuss mr trump 's policy and how he blew up evrything and hundreds of years of foreign policy progress. I think I need to talk about some history because I'm sure niggas here have 0 context about any of this. I won't bore you with the details
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But basically when the U.S gained independence from the Brits. The 5th president James Monroe set the Monroe doctrine in 1800s. It was basically foreign policy warning Europeans against further colonization or interference in the Americas establishing the Western Hemisphere as a distinct sphere of influence for the U.S an no one else.
The Europeans didn't care because they were more focused on plundering Africa and Asia and US was at that time a small irrelevant country in the new world
So US went to war with various countries and expanded to the west in the decades after and also started gaining influence on latin America. They sent troops there and also famously went to war with Spain for cuba.
This was further bolstered by Teddy Roosevelt. The Roosevelt corollary which asserted the U.S. right to intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference essentially making the U.S. an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
Note that at this point in time. The US was now a major regional power. On par with Britain, staying away from wars, heavy industrialization and unrestricted access to the Pacific and Atlantic with resources of the Americas had turned the US into a regional power but it wasn't a global power just yet.
Now let's fast forward a few decades to after WW2. The old powers like Britain, France, Spain are in the coffin while USSR and USA emerge as superpowers and they both wanted to have spheres of influence now they couldn't just go about stationing troops because it was very expensive and also put american lives at stack
So M. J. Spykman a Dutch Jewish American political scientist came up with the Spykman heartland theory
He is approach has 3 layers. Absolute control on the new world north and south america. Absolutely no compromise same as monore doctrine but then Building on the heartland theory. Spykman introduced the rimland theory.
He theorized the coastal fringes surrounding Eurasia, from Western Europe through the Middle East, South Asia, and into East Asia.
This arc of fertile, populous, and resource rich regions acted whoever controls this controls the world. This because this area is rich in resource, crude oil, trade routes etc. If the US leaves countries here unchecked another superpower can come up in this region. So what he proposed was indirect involvement of the US. Supporting local rivalries so they cannot consolidate power. Brought the NATO at the dootsteps of Moscow, Supporting Saudi Arabia/Israel vs Iran, Pakistan vs India, China vs Taiwan etc etc.
All that was going well. US was the absolute superpower until 1990s while USSR fell on its own but then there was a shift the 9/11 attacks and other geopolitical things dragged the US into another war and drained their pockets and before they had a chance. The US entered a recession of 2008 which broke the back of the economic machine funding this and great powers started emerging in this region.
Brics, g20 etc but US wasn't concerned what it failed to see as a threat was china. It created alliances to counter them but it was already too late. China rapidly modernized and became yet another great power that U.S economy directly depends on. Last year we even saw the trailer of what china is capable of doing
And now coming to the point. What is Donroe Doctrine. It is basically America First nationalism with interventionism to counter perceived threats closer to home, from leftist governments, migration and foreign influences in Latin America.
It emphasizes U.S. dominance in the region through direct economic pressure, military, and direct involvement to secure resources, migration. No beating around the bush. It justifies sanctions, asset seizures, and alliances with right leaning governments to control oil reserves. The difference from before is now Trump justifies direct military action, economic coercion, and outright control to secure resources and block non-hemispheric competitors like China, Russia.
Many people are calling it "rank imperialism" and "neo-colonialism"-a shortsighted, ego fueled lurch that could ignite regional fires and bring US under more fire power rather than restore nations but it remains to be seen what will happen. What is your opinion on this entire situation? What do you think?
Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' seeks influence over Western Hemisphere citing old US policy
"This is rank imperialism," one independent lawmaker said.
But basically when the U.S gained independence from the Brits. The 5th president James Monroe set the Monroe doctrine in 1800s. It was basically foreign policy warning Europeans against further colonization or interference in the Americas establishing the Western Hemisphere as a distinct sphere of influence for the U.S an no one else.
The Europeans didn't care because they were more focused on plundering Africa and Asia and US was at that time a small irrelevant country in the new world
So US went to war with various countries and expanded to the west in the decades after and also started gaining influence on latin America. They sent troops there and also famously went to war with Spain for cuba.
This was further bolstered by Teddy Roosevelt. The Roosevelt corollary which asserted the U.S. right to intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference essentially making the U.S. an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
Note that at this point in time. The US was now a major regional power. On par with Britain, staying away from wars, heavy industrialization and unrestricted access to the Pacific and Atlantic with resources of the Americas had turned the US into a regional power but it wasn't a global power just yet.
Now let's fast forward a few decades to after WW2. The old powers like Britain, France, Spain are in the coffin while USSR and USA emerge as superpowers and they both wanted to have spheres of influence now they couldn't just go about stationing troops because it was very expensive and also put american lives at stack
So M. J. Spykman a Dutch Jewish American political scientist came up with the Spykman heartland theory
He is approach has 3 layers. Absolute control on the new world north and south america. Absolutely no compromise same as monore doctrine but then Building on the heartland theory. Spykman introduced the rimland theory.
He theorized the coastal fringes surrounding Eurasia, from Western Europe through the Middle East, South Asia, and into East Asia.
This arc of fertile, populous, and resource rich regions acted whoever controls this controls the world. This because this area is rich in resource, crude oil, trade routes etc. If the US leaves countries here unchecked another superpower can come up in this region. So what he proposed was indirect involvement of the US. Supporting local rivalries so they cannot consolidate power. Brought the NATO at the dootsteps of Moscow, Supporting Saudi Arabia/Israel vs Iran, Pakistan vs India, China vs Taiwan etc etc.
All that was going well. US was the absolute superpower until 1990s while USSR fell on its own but then there was a shift the 9/11 attacks and other geopolitical things dragged the US into another war and drained their pockets and before they had a chance. The US entered a recession of 2008 which broke the back of the economic machine funding this and great powers started emerging in this region.
Brics, g20 etc but US wasn't concerned what it failed to see as a threat was china. It created alliances to counter them but it was already too late. China rapidly modernized and became yet another great power that U.S economy directly depends on. Last year we even saw the trailer of what china is capable of doing
And now coming to the point. What is Donroe Doctrine. It is basically America First nationalism with interventionism to counter perceived threats closer to home, from leftist governments, migration and foreign influences in Latin America.
It emphasizes U.S. dominance in the region through direct economic pressure, military, and direct involvement to secure resources, migration. No beating around the bush. It justifies sanctions, asset seizures, and alliances with right leaning governments to control oil reserves. The difference from before is now Trump justifies direct military action, economic coercion, and outright control to secure resources and block non-hemispheric competitors like China, Russia.
Many people are calling it "rank imperialism" and "neo-colonialism"-a shortsighted, ego fueled lurch that could ignite regional fires and bring US under more fire power rather than restore nations but it remains to be seen what will happen. What is your opinion on this entire situation? What do you think?
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