{"id":58127,"date":"2023-12-13T10:51:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=58127"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:51:16","slug":"the-monroe-doctrine-at-200-unraveling-two-centuries-of-american-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2023\/12\/13\/the-monroe-doctrine-at-200-unraveling-two-centuries-of-american-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monroe Doctrine at 200: Unraveling Two Centuries of American Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amb. Gar\u010devi\u0107 (L) and Amb. Storella (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Saturday, December 9, 2023, Professors Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107<\/a>, Goldstein<\/a> (emeritus), Mayers<\/a> (Political Science Department) and Mark<\/a> Storella<\/a> presented analysis of \u201cThe Monroe Doctrine:\u00a0 200 Years of American Diplomatic History.\u201d\u00a0 Organized by Emmanuel College Professor Petros Vamvakas and the Emmanuel College Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies,<\/a> the symposium also included Emmanual History Professor Javier Marion.<\/p>\n

Professors Goldstein, Mayers an Marion sketched the historical context of this touchstone American foreign policy instrument.\u00a0 Goldstein and Mayers cited the roots of the Monroe doctrine in U.S. diplomacy with the United Kingdon, with Secretary of State John Quincy Adams the actual author.\u00a0 In asserting that the Western Hemisphere would be closed to further European colonization, when the United States had no power whatsoever to enforce the claim, the U.S. established a pattern in diplomacy that would be repeated over the next 200 years of expansive declaration statements as instruments of policy.\u00a0 Subsequent American leaders would elaborate the Monroe Doctrine through \u201ccorollaries\u201d which went beyond Adams original conception and supported American hegemony in the western hemisphere.\u00a0 The doctrine took on an increasingly ideological sense that the Western Hemisphere would be governed differently from the monarchical and allegedly more corrupt nations of the Old World, with links to the development of even more universalist instruments such as Genocide Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human rights, both of which are 75 years old this month.<\/p>\n

Professors Gar\u010devi\u0107 and Storella then explored the implications of the Monroe Doctrine for American diplomacy up to the modern era.\u00a0 Storella noted the tradition the document established of active public diplomacy as a tool of American diplomacy, citing subsequent examples including Secretary of State John Hay\u2019s Open door notes (a kind of Monroe Doctrine for China), Wilson\u2019s 14 points, and the Atlantic Charter. Gar\u010devi\u0107 and Storella discussed how the Monroe Doctrine has grown into a pillar of American exceptionalism, with attendant consequences in critiques of American hubris and even hegemony.\u00a0 Under the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. led a proliferation of multilateral diplomacy in the region which often prefigured multilateral diplomacy on the world stage.\u00a0 Noting the application of the Monroe Doctrine in both the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Reagan Administration\u2019s Cold War policies, they also outlined the limits of the Doctrine\u2019s application as countries in the hemisphere emerge as middle powers themselves with links to external groupings like the BRICS.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, at 200 years of age, the Monroe Doctrine remains an influential element in America\u2019s approach not only the Western Hemisphere but also to the wider world.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107<\/a> dealt with issues pertinent to European security and NATO for almost 14 years during his diplomatic career. In 2004, he was posted in Vienna to serve as Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He was Montenegro\u2019s Ambassador to NATO from 2010 until 2014 and served as Montenegro\u2019s National Coordinator for NATO from 2015 until he joined the faculty at the Pardee School. Learn more about Ambassador Gar\u010devi\u0107 on his faculty profile<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ambassador\u00a0<\/span>Mar<\/a>k C. Storella<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was a United States Foreign Service Officer for over three decades serving as Ambassador to Zambia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and Dean of the Leadership and Management School of the Foreign Service Institute. Storella is a recipient of the Presidential Rank Award, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Excellence in Service Award, the Thomas Jefferson Award presented by American Citizens Abroad, and several Department of State superior and meritorious honor awards. Learn more about Ambassador Storella on his\u00a0<\/span>faculty profile<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, December 9, Professors Gar\u010devi\u0107, Goldstein (emeritus), Mayers, and Storella analyzed “The Monroe Doctrine: 200 Years of American Diplomatic History.” They traced its roots, explored its evolution into a pillar of American exceptionalism, and noted its impact on multilateral diplomacy. The Monroe Doctrine, at 200, continues to shape America’s global approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22859,"featured_media":54537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11797],"tags":[12043,11713,12133,9656],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58128,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58127\/revisions\/58128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}