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The U.S. Navy is sending its most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean. The move comes against the backdrop of a forthcoming National Defense Strategy expected to emphasize the security of the Western Hemisphere, the Monitor鈥檚 Anna Mulrine Grobe writes today. Some have likened it to an updated Monroe Doctrine, intended to counter China鈥檚 influence in Central and South America.

In a May cover story, staff writer Howard LaFranchi described that doctrine as 鈥渁 19th-century spheres-of-influence approach to international affairs: The regions of North, Central, and South America should be exclusively the United States鈥� economic, diplomatic, and military domain.鈥�

At the time, the Trump administration was hinting at a Monroe Doctrine 2.0. Now it seems to be implementing it. More on the economic aspects of that tomorrow from Howard.