Source: Libertarian Institute
by José Niño
“The American empire appears to be in retreat. Humiliated by Russia in Eastern Europe, outmaneuvered by China in East Asia, and bogged down in a conflict with Iran in the Middle East, the United States has turned its gaze southward. Unable to win the great power competition across Eurasia, the Trump administration has increasingly embarked on the most aggressive militarization of Latin America policy in a generation, seeking victories in what Washington has long considered its backyard. The result has been what observers are calling the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, a framework that envisions the Western Hemisphere as an American strategic priority zone requiring military suppression of cartel networks and exclusion of Chinese influence.” (03/30/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/a-retreat-to-the-western-hemisphere