Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Definition

Proposed by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in 1912, this was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that non-European powers (specifically Japan) would be excluded from owning territory in the Western Hemisphere.

Analogy

Think of your home as North America. You've already told your neighbors they can't come into your yard without permission (Monroe Doctrine), then you said if anyone tried to bully your little brother on his way home from school, you'd deal with it (Roosevelt Corollary). Now you're telling people from another neighborhood entirely (Japan) they can't move into any houses on your block either (Lodge Corollary).

Related terms

Henry Cabot Lodge: An American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts who proposed Lodge Corollary.

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