Question

In september of 2002, president george w. Bush issued a document formally announcing that the doctrine of __________ would guide american foreign policy in regard to the war on terror.

Answer 1

Preemption

This doctrine is centered around the attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion. The aim is to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) conflict shortly before it materializes into a crisis. Its principles include unilateralism and the use of preventative war.