America for Americans: That was James Monroe's message to European colonial powers in 1823, to respect the independence of new nations of the Americas. Trump is reinterpreting this doctrine.To justify ...

President Donald Trump departs after speaking during a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on January 06, 2026. Credit - Alex Wong—Getty ...

The Monroe Doctrine was and is a justification for actions, some good, some indifferent, but the overwhelming bulk reprehensible. The Monroe Doctrine remains in place, both explicitly and dressed up ...

President Trump greets Argentina’s President Javier Milei, October 14, 2025, as he arrives at the White House. Credit: Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA via AP Images As his coziness with dictators around the ...

President Donald Trump is delivering increasingly robust U.S. policies against drug cartels and hostile regimes in Latin America. He has little concern for the escalating complaints of European allies ...

This week, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) introduced a resolution for the State Department to terminate the policy developed by the fifth United States President, James Monroe, in 1823. “The 200th ...

Donald Trump's use of military intervention in the Americas is an escalation of a centuries long policy of intervention on ...

In detailing the U.S. military action that led to the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump referenced the Monroe Doctrine, a maxim that has shaped American foreign policy ...

James Holmes, the J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College, reminds us in The National Interest that the Monroe Doctrine is under challenge by the People’s Liberation Army ...