Diplomatic doctrine

A diplomatic doctrine is a general statements of foreign policy. 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 Vietnam, for example, came to be called the Nixon Doctrine. This pattern of naming is not universal, however; Chinese diplomatic doctrines, for example, are often referred to by number.

The purpose of a diplomatic doctrine is to provide general rules for the conduct of foreign policy. 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".

Table of contents 1 Argentina 2 Germany 3 Russia / Soviet Union 4 United States

Argentina

• Drago Doctrine

Germany

• Hallstein Doctrine

Russia / Soviet Union

• Brezhnev Doctrine
• Sinatra Doctrine

United States

• Monroe Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Nixon Doctrine
• Carter Doctrine
• Reagan Doctrine
• Clinton Doctrine
• Stimson Doctrine
• Bush Doctrine which together with the Hearst doctrine is included in the National Security Strategy of the United States" [1] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss), released on September 17, 2002
• Powell Doctrine

See also:

• Military doctrine