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Reagan Doctrine

1980s U.S. strategy to counter Soviet influenceOfficial presidential portraitLocationGlobal (primarily United States, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Angola, and Cambodia)IncludingMonroe Doctrine expansion (focused on the anti-communist rollback of Soviet-backed regimes in the Western Hemisphere, such as in Nicaragua and Grenada)LeadersWilliam J. CaseyJeane KirkpatrickCaspar WeinbergerPresidentRonald ReaganKey eventsSoviet–Afghan War (Covert aid via Operation Cyclone)Contra War in NicaraguaSupport for UNITA in the Angolan Civil WarInvasion of Grenada (1983)Entertainment and personalFilmographyBibliographySpeeches and debatesDeath and state funeralEponymsHonorsDepictionsmusicResidences birthplaceboyhood homeRancho del Cielo668 St. Cloud Road33rd Governor of CaliforniaGovernorship1969 People's Park protestElections1966197040th President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondPresidential libraryTenureAssassination attemptInvasion of GrenadaBombing of LibyaIran–Contra affairAIDS epidemicIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyPollsScandalsReagan eraPoliciesCannabisDomesticEconomicForeignReagan Doctrineinternational tripsAppointmentsFederal judgesO'ConnorRehnquistScaliaBorkKennedySupreme Court candidatesPresidential campaigns1968 primariesconvention1976primariesconvention1980electionprimariesconventiondebatesStates' rights speechReagan coalition1984electionprimariesconventiondebatesThe Reagan Doctrine was a United States foreign policy strategy implemented by the administration of President Ronald Reagan and continued under the George H. W. Bush administration designed to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of Cold War.

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