- The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances, also known as the caution against entangling alliances, was an early realist guide for US foreign policy and the nation's interaction with others. Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on temporary alliances for emergencies. He advised the United States to stay out of unnecessary wars and aloof from foreign entanglements. Washington's admonition stemmed from his own personal experience, as he knew first hand how costly wars could be4. He meant only to steer clear of European alliances and entanglements only for as long as it took to get the USA consolidated and strong in the face of superior European power.
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“Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on temporary alliances for emergencies”
For instance, approving temporary alliance to support Ukraine to achieve freedom from the invasion of Putin.
Washington further thoughts:
“Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will ACQUIRE TO THEM THE GLORY OF RECOMMENDING IT to the applause, the affection, and adoption of EVERY NATION which is yet a stranger to it”