When the Trump administration talks about controlling the Western Hemisphere, they’re calling back to a 19th-century policy.

President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to powerful countries in Europe. Fast forward, and ...

In 1823, President James Monroe called for European powers to stay out of the Americas – a stance that for generations led to ...

In remarks following the early morning capture of Venezuela's leader and his wife, Trump referred to a nearly 200-year-old ...

President Trump has coined a new term to describe his approach to foreign policy that recalls the 200-year-old doctrine.

With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe ...

“After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in ...

The doctrine formulated by President James Monroe was originally aimed at opposing European meddling in the Western ...

First articulated in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was largely meant to stave off European colonial influence in the western ...

That was James Monroe's message to European colonial powers in 1823, to respect the independence of new nations of the ...

But what is the Monroe Doctrine? And how does Trump's foreign policy fit into it. On this episode, we speak with Greg Grandin ...