Reagan Doctrine
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The Reagan Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy in the 1980s that aimed to roll back Soviet influence by providing support to anti-communist resistance movements around the world.
Aliases (3)
- Reagan Corollary to the Carter Doctrine ×1
- Reagan Doctrine-era interventions ×1
- Reagan administration foreign policy ×1
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States foreign policy
→
foreign policy doctrine → |
| aims |
rollback of Soviet influence
→
support of anti-communist movements → undermining Soviet-backed governments → |
| appliesTo |
Afghanistan
→
Angola → Cambodia → Chad → El Salvador → Ethiopia → Grenada → Guatemala → Mozambique → Nicaragua → Poland → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States
→
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| appliesToPoliticalIdeology |
anti-communism
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neoconservatism → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describedAs |
policy of supporting freedom fighters against Soviet-backed regimes
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| describedBySource |
National Security Decision Directives of the Reagan administration
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| endTime |
1989
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| facetOf |
Reagan administration foreign policy
→
Second Cold War → |
| followedBy |
Bush foreign policy toward post-Cold War world
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| follows |
Carter Doctrine
→
Nixon Doctrine → containment policy → |
| hasCause |
U.S. desire to move from containment to rollback
→
perception of Soviet expansionism → |
| hasEffect |
Iran–Contra affair
→
controversy over human rights abuses by U.S.-backed groups → escalation of proxy conflicts → increased U.S. covert operations → pressure on Soviet Union’s global commitments → support for Afghan mujahideen → support for Khmer resistance factions in Cambodia → support for Nicaraguan Contras → support for UNITA in Angola → |
| hasPart |
covert assistance to resistance movements
→
overt military and economic aid → support for anti-communist insurgencies → |
| inception |
1980s
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| mainSubject |
Cold War
→
Soviet–United States relations → |
| namedAfter |
Ronald Reagan
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| opposedBy |
Soviet Union
→
U.S. Congress members critical of covert wars → human rights organizations → |
| partOf |
U.S. Cold War strategy
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| significantPerson |
Caspar Weinberger
→
Elliott Abrams → George P. Shultz → Jeane Kirkpatrick → Ronald Reagan → William J. Casey → |
| startTime |
1981
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| statedIn |
Ronald Reagan’s 1985 State of the Union Address
→
Ronald Reagan’s March 1983 speech to the National Association of Evangelicals → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Reagan Doctrine
("Reagan administration foreign policy")
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facetOf |
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Reagan administration
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foreignPolicyDoctrine |
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United States foreign policy
→
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historicalDoctrine |
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Carter Doctrine
("Reagan Corollary to the Carter Doctrine")
→
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influenced |
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Urgent Fury
("Reagan Doctrine-era interventions")
→
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partOf |
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Reagan–Gorbachev summits
→
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relatedDoctrine |
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Carter Doctrine
→
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relatedTo |