U.S. Security Strategy Revives Monroe Doctrine, Pivots Power to the Americas

Overview

• Washington released a 33‑page plan invoking a 'Corollary Trump' to the Monroe Doctrine to reassert U.S. preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.
• Five stated aims for the region are to prevent mass migration, combat transnational crime, block hostile foreign incursions, protect critical supply chains, and secure access to strategic sites.
• The document orders a regional military realignment with greater Coast Guard and Navy presence, targeted operations against cartels and at the border, and allowance for lethal force when judged necessary.
• The strategy directs officials to favor American companies, seeks exclusive supply arrangements, and conditions aid and partnerships on reducing outside influence, signaling pushback against Chinese control of strategic assets.
• The publication coincides with a reported buildup of about 15,000 U.S. personnel with ships and aircraft in the Caribbean and heightened pressure on Venezuela, while Germany, Belgium, Italy and EU voices criticized the strategy’s rhetoric about European 'civilizational' decline.