Big Stick Diplomacy Law and Legal Definition
Big Stick Diplomacy is a nickname coined by Theodore Roosevelt in quoting the old African proverb “Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far,” was the foreign policy that was later called the Roosevelt Corollary. The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States had the right to enforce an “international police power” over the Western Hemisphere. It affirmed that other countries did not have the authority to cause unrest in the Western Hemisphere, most specifically in reference to conflicts between Europe and Latin America in the early 1900’s. Eventually, the phrase “Big Stick” was used in reference to any foreign policy that made negotiations with diplomatic grace, backed by the possible threat of military force.
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- Abigeat
- Abigeus
- Ambiguitas Latens
- Ambiguitas Patens
- Ambiguitas Verborum Latens Verificatione Suppletur; Nam Quod Ex Facto Oritur Ambiguum Verificatione Facti Tollitur
- Ambiguitas Verborum Patens Nulla Verificatione Excluditur
- Ambiguitas Verborum Patents Nulla Verificatione Excluditur
- Ambiguities Clause
- Ambiguity
- Ambiguity Doctrine
