When doctrine turns into detonation of rules By Mei Xinyu | China Daily | Updated: 2026-01-21 09:04

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/21/WS6970262ca310d6866eb34da4.html Within a month of the release of the 2025 National Security Strategy — which introduced the "Trump corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine aimed at strengthening control over the Western Hemisphere — the coercive nature of the policy was revealed when the United States struck Venezuela on Jan 3 and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.