Foreign policy doctrines of the United States

The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes any foreign interference in the Western Hemisphere. Originally concerning European colonialism, it holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century.

United States Cold War policy to contain communism in Europe and elsewhere

foreign policy espoused by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1969

policy of Eisenhower and the United States

American strategy until the end of the Cold War

United States presidential doctrine on the use of military force in the Persian Gulf

US foreign policy principles of President George W. Bush promoting preventative war and unilateralism

refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick, you will go far!"

Franklin Roosevelt policy towards Latin America

book by Zbigniew Brzezinski

addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt

thumb|300px|The handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis has been described as brinkmanship. Brinkmanship or brinksmanship is the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict. The maneuver of pushing a situation with the opponent to the brink succeeds by forcing the opponent to back down and make concessions rather than risk engaging in a conflict that would no longer be beneficial to either side. This might be achieved through diplomatic maneuvers, or by creating the impression that one is willing to use extreme methods rather t

feature of Richard Nixon's foreign policy

policy that the United States of America will not recognize countries created by aggression

foreign policy doctrine of the Johnson administration

thumb|American troops detain members of the Grenadian People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada)|PRA in 1983.|alt=Two men in civilian clothes with their hands on their backs walk surrounded by three armed men in uniform. Military jeeps are seen in a second plane. In political science, rollback is the strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment, which means preventing the expansion of that state, and with détente, which means developing a working relationship with that state. Most of the discussions of rollback

foreign policy doctrine of President John F. Kennedy

principle in 1980s US foreign policy

Franklin Roosevelt's World War II slogan

1990s US military doctrine named for Gen. Colin Powell

U.S. foreign policy doctrine

"Kill list" database of U.S. adversaries

foreign policy of the Clinton administration (1993–2001)

United States presidential doctrine

catch-all term used to describe one or several principles of the foreign policy of Barack Obama