A foreign policy doctrine is a general statement of a country's foreign policy and the belief system that inform it and guide its strategy. It may be presented in the form of a political speech, doctrine or other official document.
The purpose of a foreign policy doctrine is to provide general rules for the conduct of foreign policy through decisions on international relations. These rules allow the political leadership of a nation to deal with a situation and to explain the actions of a nation to other nations. “Doctrine” is usually not meant to have any negative connotations; it is especially not to be confused with “dogma.”
In some cases, the statement is made by a political leader, typically a nation’s chief executive or chief diplomat, and comes to be named after that leader. Richard Nixon’s justification for the phased withdrawal of the United States from the Vietnam War, for example, came to be called the Nixon Doctrine. This pattern of naming is not universal, however; Chinese doctrines, for example, are often referred to by number.
Argentina Calvo Doctrine Drago Doctrine
Denmark Ellemann-Jensen doctrine
Germany Hallstein Doctrine Ulbricht Doctrine
Finland Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine
India Gujral Doctrine
Japan Fukuda Doctrine Yoshida Doctrine
Mexico Estrada Doctrine Castañeda Doctrine
Poland Giedroyc Doctrine Intermarium
Russia / Soviet Union Brezhnev Doctrine Gerasimov Doctrine Karaganov Doctrine Falin-Kvitsinsky Doctrine Primakov Doctrine Sinatra Doctrine
United States 1823: Monroe Doctrine 1842: Tyler Doctrine 1900: Roosevelt Doctrine 1932: Stimson Doctrine 1947: Truman Doctrine 1957: Eisenhower Doctrine 1961: Kennedy Doctrine 1965: Johnson Doctrine 1969: Nixon Doctrine 1980: Carter Doctrine 1981: Kirkpatrick Doctrine 1984: Weinberger Doctrine 1985: Reagan Doctrine 1990: Powell Doctrine 1999: Clinton Doctrine 2002: Bush Doctrine 2002: Rumsfeld Doctrine 2016: Obama Doctrine
See also Military doctrine
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