OP-ED. Historian Florian Louis traces the origins and shifts of the Monroe Doctrine which, until the arrest of the Venezuelan leader, rested on the idea that Europe and the US were destined to jointly dominate the world. Now, Trump is treating Europeans as mere vassals.

La National Security Strategy pubblicata in dicembre aveva fatto parlare di ritorno delle sfere di influenza e molti avevano parlato di un ritorno della dottrina Monroe. Ma…

US attack on Venezuela evokes Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 to cement Washington's sphere of influence in Americas.