Big Stick diplomacy

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United States foreign policy foreign policy doctrine

Big Stick diplomacy was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach that emphasized negotiating peacefully while maintaining a strong military as a deterrent.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Big Stick policy	3
Roosevelt Corollary	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States foreign policy ⓘ foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ surface form: Big Stick policy
appliedBy	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. executive branch
appliedIn	Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region Central America ⓘ Latin America ⓘ
associatedWith	Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
contrastedWith	Dollar diplomacy ⓘ Moral diplomacy ⓘ
corePrinciple	negotiate peacefully while maintaining a strong military ⓘ use of force as a last resort ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	imperialist tendencies ⓘ interventionism ⓘ undermining sovereignty of Latin American states ⓘ
emphasizes	deterrence through strength ⓘ preemptive intervention to prevent European involvement ⓘ readiness to use force ⓘ
endDate	1909 ⓘ
ideologicalContext	American imperialism ⓘ Progressive Era foreign policy ⓘ
influenced	subsequent U.S. interventions in Latin America ⓘ
influencedBy	Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
inspiredBy	Theodore Roosevelt’s proverb "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" ⓘ
leader	Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed	Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
method	gunboat diplomacy ⓘ show of naval power ⓘ
militaryComponent	United States Marine Corps ⓘ surface form: U.S. Marine Corps United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy
motto	speak softly and carry a big stick ⓘ
policyGoal	deter European intervention in the Americas ⓘ maintain regional stability ⓘ protect U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
regionFocus	Western Hemisphere ⓘ
relatedPolicy	Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
startDate	1901 ⓘ
supportedBy	construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ expansion of the U.S. Navy ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
usedInEvent	Panama Canal negotiations ⓘ U.S. intervention in Panama’s separation from Colombia ⓘ U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic customs receivership ⓘ U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs after the Spanish–American War ⓘ deployment of the Great White Fleet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Stick diplomacy → alsoKnownAs → Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Stick policy

Monroe Doctrine → hasCorollary → Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roosevelt Corollary

Theodore Roosevelt → knownFor → Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ

Good Neighbor policy → precededBy → Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Stick policy

Monroe Doctrine → relatedTo → Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Stick policy