Editing Bush Doctrine (section)

===Expanding United States influence===
[[Princeton University]] research fellow Dr. Jonathan Monten, in his 2005 ''[[International Security (journal)|International Security]]'' journal article "The Roots of the Bush Doctrine: Power, Nationalism, and Democracy Promotion in U.S. Strategy",<ref name="ispowerstruggle">{{cite journal |title=The Roots of the Bush Doctrine: Power, Nationalism, and Democracy Promotion in U.S. Strategy |journal=[[International Security]] |volume=29 |issue=4 |first=Jonathan |last=Monten |pages=112–156 |date=Spring 2005|doi=10.1162/isec.2005.29.4.112 |s2cid=57570914 }}</ref> attributed the Bush administration's activist democracy promotion to two main factors: the expansion of material capabilities, and the presence of a nationalist domestic ideology. He claims that the Bush Doctrine's promotion of democracy abroad was held as vital by the Bush administration to the success of the United States in the "[[war on terror]]". It was also a key objective of the administration's [[grand strategy]] of expanding the political and economic influence of the U.S. internationally. He examines two contending approaches to the long-term promotion of democracy: "''exemplarism''", or leadership by example, and "''vindicationism''", or the direct application of American power, including the use of coercive force. Whereas exemplarism largely prevailed in the 20th century, vindicationism has been the preferred approach of the Bush administration.