Editing Jack Ryan (character) (section)

=====Ryan Doctrine=====
At the end of ''Executive Orders'', Ryan, in the tradition of Presidents [[Monroe Doctrine|Monroe]], [[Truman Doctrine|Truman]], [[Carter Doctrine|Carter]] and [[Reagan Doctrine|Reagan]], issues a [[foreign policy doctrine]] which largely defines his administration's international perspective. The Ryan Doctrine states that the U.S. will no longer tolerate attacks on "our territory, our possessions, or our citizens," and will hold whoever orders such attacks accountable.

This statement comes soon after the Ebola attack on the U.S. ordered by Daryaei. Ryan announces the new doctrine on television, momentarily cutting away to show Daryaei and his UIR advisors being incinerated by laser-guided bombs launched from two [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|F-117]]s, on Ryan's orders. Therefore, the Ryan doctrine supersedes the [[Executive order (United States)|executive order]] put in place by President [[Gerald Ford|Ford]], which forbids the assassination of foreign heads of state. Ryan, however, believes it is a more ethical alternative than [[total war]], since it punishes the person responsible for the attack instead of the people he rules.

Within the books, the Ryan doctrine is not officially invoked after Daryaei's death (although Ryan threatens to use it on the Chinese leadership in ''The Bear and the Dragon'', should anything happen to American citizens living in China as a consequence of the Siberian War).