President Obama delivered an address Tuesday night to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. While the speech featured no surprises, it is memorable both for its tone and for what was not said. The change of status in Iraq, however, may not be a harbinger for course correction in the United States. Every elected [...]
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President Obama Should Invoke the Monroe Doctrine.
While not as popular with the Democratic Party as it once may have been, the Monroe Doctrine has been a pillar of American foreign policy since the Era of Good Feeling following James Madison’s departure from the presidency. Devised by then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams during the presidency of James Monroe, this doctrine of U.S. [...]