Foreign Policy in the Monroe Doctrine

     In the article titled "How to Avoid a Bad Deal with Iran", it discusses how the U.S plans to stop the use of nuclear weapons by Iran by setting up negotiation dates with the leaders in Iran to push them towards getting rid of the dangerous weapons. The people of Iran refuse to agree with the prevention of using the nuclear weapons, so the U.S stated that they would "...rather the administration continue to negotiate than agree to a bad deal." The negotiations have been set to last up to another seven months because the U.S and other world power countries are not backing down and letting Iran use these weapons any longer. The negotiation agreements that the world power countries are making to Iran must follow the four main criteria. First, Washington must drastically reduce the number of centrifuges and also reduce the amount of uranium kept in stockpiles down to less than the minimum amount to construct one singular nuclear bomb. Second, there must be "unprecedented monitoring of all aspects of the Iranian nuclear program." Third, Tehran, an Iranian leader, must agree to all negotiations and all decisions to make sure that they can not use military force in part with them. And Lastly, "the sanction-relief mechanism should be gradual and in accordance with Iranian progress in rolling back the nuclear program." In the article it states that if negotiations do not follow these four main criteria, it then gives Iran and other Middle Eastern countries the right to acquire nuclear weapons. 

     This article on the U.S foreign policy could be used to apply the lasting principles of the Monroe Doctrine. It applies to the principle of separate spheres of influence because the U.S is afraid that Iran is going to use their nuclear weapons in attacking their country. So they think that if they can kindly negotiate the use of the weapons with Iran's leaders, then they wont use the weapons against the U.S in hopes that they can stay out of each others ways. Iran will keep to themselves and the U.S will keep to themselves. The article applies to non-colonization because the U.S is not settling and sitting in on Iran to make them stop the use of the weapons, they are simply negotiating with them to end the use. They are not invading their country. And finally, non-intervention applies to this article because the use of these weapons do not affect the U.S directly, but they want to make sure that it will end and not affect other countries. The Monroe Doctrine applies to the U.S foreign policy today in many ways. It is still active these days because the policies written are true to what the U.S should follow in foreign situations.

     Citation of Article: "How to Avoid a Bad Deal With Iran." Foreign Policy How to Avoid a Bad Deal With Iran Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2014.