The Donroe Doctrine’s China Paradox
Washington’s increasing focus on political alignment may be giving the region more reasons to keep China close.
SÃO PAULO—For much of the past two decades, Washington worried that it was losing Latin America by neglecting it. Today, the risk may be the opposite. The United States is paying attention again, but in ways that could accelerate the geopolitical trends it is trying to reverse. President Donald Trump has made the Western Hemisphere central to U.S. foreign policy with the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting renewed U.S. leadership in the hemisphere and rejecting the influence of outside powers. This week, amid escalating tensions with Brazil,...
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