Editing Foreign policy doctrine

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A '''foreign policy doctrine''' is a general statement of a country's [[foreign policy]] and the [[belief system]] that inform it and guide its strategy. It may be presented in the form of a political speech, [[doctrine]] or other official document.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Rasmus Brun Pedersen |title=Business as usual? Assessing change and continuity in states foreign policy traditions |url=https://dpsa.dk/papers/business_as_usual_rev_version_8%20(002)_a(1).pdf |website=dpsa.dk |publisher=Danish Political Science Association |access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref> 

The purpose of a foreign policy doctrine is to provide general rules for the conduct of foreign policy through decisions on [[international relations]].  These rules allow the political leadership of a nation to deal with a situation and to explain the actions of a nation to other nations. “Doctrine” is usually not meant to have any negative connotations; it is especially not to be confused with “[[dogma]].”

In some cases, the statement is made by a political leader, typically a nation’s chief executive or chief diplomat, and comes to be named after that leader. [[Richard Nixon]]’s justification for the phased withdrawal of the [[United States]] from the [[Vietnam War]], for example, came to be called the [[Nixon Doctrine]]. This pattern of naming is not universal, however; [[Foreign policy of China|Chinese doctrines]], for example, are often referred to by number.

== Argentina ==
* [[Calvo Doctrine]]
* [[Drago Doctrine]]

==Denmark==
* [[Ellemann-Jensen doctrine]]

==Germany==
* [[Hallstein Doctrine]]
* [[Ulbricht Doctrine]]

==Finland==
*[[Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine]]

==India==
* [[Gujral Doctrine]]

==Japan==
* [[Fukuda Doctrine]]
* [[Yoshida Doctrine]]

==Mexico==
* [[Estrada Doctrine]]
* [[Castañeda Doctrine]]

==Poland==
* [[Giedroyc Doctrine]]
* [[Intermarium]]

==Russia / Soviet Union==
* [[Brezhnev Doctrine]]
* [[Gerasimov Doctrine]]
* [[Karaganov Doctrine]]
* [[Falin-Kvitsinsky Doctrine]]
* [[Primakov Doctrine]]
* [[Sinatra Doctrine]]

==United States==
* 1823: [[Monroe Doctrine]]
* 1842: [[Tyler Doctrine]]
* 1900: [[Big Stick ideology|Roosevelt Doctrine]]
* 1932: [[Stimson Doctrine]]
* 1947: [[Truman Doctrine]]
* 1957: [[Eisenhower Doctrine]]
* 1961: [[Kennedy Doctrine]]
* 1965: [[Johnson Doctrine]]
* 1969: [[Nixon Doctrine]]
* 1980: [[Carter Doctrine]]
* 1981: [[Kirkpatrick Doctrine]]
* 1984: [[Weinberger Doctrine]]
* 1985: [[Reagan Doctrine]]
* 1990: [[Powell Doctrine]]
* 1999: [[Clinton Doctrine]]
* 2002: [[Bush Doctrine]]
* 2002: [[Rumsfeld Doctrine]]
* 2016: [[Obama Doctrine]]

==See also==
* [[Military doctrine]]

==References==
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