@article{ART003383476},
author={BA Dian-jun and Sun Jianan},
title={From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order},
journal={Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies},
issn={1225-8539},
year={2026},
volume={33},
number={3},
pages={67-94},
doi={10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003}
TY - JOUR
AU - BA Dian-jun
AU - Sun Jianan
TI - From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order
JO - Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
PY - 2026
VL - 33
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Global Affairs
SP - 67
EP - 94
SN - 1225-8539
AB - In January 2026, the United States undertook military action against Venezuela and detained Nicolás Maduro, thereby reactivating the tradition of the Monroe Doctrine during Donald Trump’s second term. This article conceptualizes this policy orientation as the “Donroe Doctrine” and analyzes the logic underlying its emergence through the theoretical frameworks of defensive revisionism and sphere-of-influence politics. It argues that the Donroe Doctrine should be understood as the product of the combined effects of the erosion of U.S. relative advantages, domestic political mobilization, and an exclusionary conception of security in the Western Hemisphere, rather than simply as an expression of confident hegemonic expansion.The central paradox of the Donroe Doctrine lies in the fact that, while the United States seeks to delay hegemonic decline by restoring its capacity for regional control, such efforts may simultaneously erode the legitimacy of the rules-based order on which U.S. leadership has long depended and encourage the international system to evolve in a more exclusionary, hierarchical, and fragmented direction. This study conducts an empirical analysis of the Donroe Doctrine on the basis of actual policy developments and policy data. The Donroe Doctrine reflects a growing tendency toward power-politics logic in U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Whether this tendency will ultimately produce a broader transformation of the global order, however, will depend on the responses of other major powers, the attitudes of U.S. allies, and the constraining capacity of multilateral institutions.
KW - United States;Monroe Doctrine;Hegemonic Expansion;Donroe Doctrine;Revisionism
DO - 10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
ER -
BA Dian-jun and Sun Jianan. (2026). From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 33(3), 67-94.
BA Dian-jun and Sun Jianan. 2026, "From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order", Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, vol.33, no.3 pp.67-94. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun, Sun Jianan "From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 33.3 pp.67-94 (2026) : 67.
BA Dian-jun, Sun Jianan. From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order. 2026; 33(3), 67-94. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun and Sun Jianan. "From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 33, no.3 (2026) : 67-94.doi: 10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun; Sun Jianan. From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 33(3), 67-94. doi: 10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun; Sun Jianan. From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 2026; 33(3) 67-94. doi: 10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun, Sun Jianan. From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order. 2026; 33(3), 67-94. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
BA Dian-jun and Sun Jianan. "From the Monroe Doctrine to the “Donroe Doctrine”: Trump’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and the Transformation of International Order" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 33, no.3 (2026) : 67-94.doi: 10.18107/japs.2026.33.3.003
