By abandoning the pretext of ideology in favor of overt resource seizure, the United States risks accelerating the very fragmentation it seeks to arrest. The Trap of Strategic OverstretchThe primary contradiction of the Donroe Doctrine lies in its divergence from the prudent strategy of contraction. Instead of consolidating power, the Donroe Doctrine risks bogging the U.S. down in a resource war that drains the treasury while domestic infrastructure crumbles. The Donroe Doctrine attempts to solve a problem that doesn’t exist (supply shortage) with a solution (military occupation) that creates a problem that does (instability). In the final analysis, the Donroe Doctrine is a strategic anachronism.

Source: The Nation January 13, 2026 12:08 UTC