Comments on: Challenging US Preeminence: China’s Grand Strategy and the Monroe Doctrine https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/challenging-us-preeminence-chinas-grand-strategy-and-the-monroe-doctrine/ Military, Politics, Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Commodities Geopolitical Analysis & Forecasting Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Dave Chapman https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/challenging-us-preeminence-chinas-grand-strategy-and-the-monroe-doctrine/#comment-1844 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=27528#comment-1844 The Monroe Doctrine is pretty far down the list of US-China friction points. It is very difficult to imagine China attempting to colonize any country in the Western Hemisphere, and it is extremely difficult to imagine a successful colonization of Nicaragua. Other people have tried, if you know what I mean.

The big problem is going to be some trigger-happy junior officer who has been sitting on a sand bar in the South China Sea for too many months. These things can get out of control rapidly, and there has been a lot of irresponsible talk, on both sides.

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